Kénosis [Κένοση]
—έαυτον εκέωωσεν...
Ain’t no meta. Ain’t no nevamind.
Such hard going to step outside
immediate matter, to nudge
the act of interlocution
sufficiently past the sturdy
pale as to accommodate now...
Poetry ex nihilo
Anya Silver’s imaginative poems speak from nothingness into new creation.
Poetic solitude
From his youth Lax experienced a love of God that would not abate, calling him toward both solitude and engagement with others.
Reading to write: Fall books: Reading habits
My writing life has become increasingly dependent upon my reading life, so much so that I generally begin my writing day by reading a new or newish volume of poetry (or the occasional richly textured work of fiction).
Christ's humanity occasions our divinity
According to both Irenaus
and Athanasios, God became like us so that we might become like God. Clement
observes that through obedience one "becomes a god while still walking in
the flesh."
Lives together
It is by living and dying that one becomes a theologian, Martin Luther said....