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‘The evidential power of beauty’ by Fr Thomas Dubay

‘The evidential power of beauty’ by Fr Thomas Dubay

I’ve been browsing again through the book that Helen lent me, Fr Thomas Dubay’s “The Evidential Power of beauty – Science and theology meet” The quote that opens the book comes from Von Balthasar – “Every experience of beauty, points to infinity“. I highly recommend it for the wet weather; by which I mean that…

Behold the inscape and the zook that your leaves may not fade!

Behold the inscape and the zook that your leaves may not fade!

There’s something about contemplating the psalms using this gorgeous and soulful old interlinear translation printed in 1906 that makes the experience even more of a return to being planted by the water courses so that one’s leaves may not fade. Is it the inscape and the instress? That is, the absolute individuality of the thing…

Who’s on Your Street of Prophets?

Who’s on Your Street of Prophets?

Well I couldn’t resist photographing this gorgeous ceramic street plaque in Jerusalem, and I was thinking today – who lives on the street of prophets? I was also wondering who you would nominate for your street of prophets.. Don’t worry we aren’t going to be eliminating anybody if they don’t play Amusing Party Games to…

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