Theodidacti

All this is flashy rhetoric about loving you.
I never had a selfless thought since I was born.
I am mercenary and self-seeking through and through:
I want God, you, all friends, merely to serve my turn.
Peace, re-assurance, pleasure, are the goals I seek,
I cannot crawl one inch outside my proper skin:
I talk of love—a scholar’s parrot may [...]

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Photo of a bombed out structure with troops of the US 70th Infantry from Trailblazers magazine
Day 2 continued…
I’m impressed by Abraham answering God’s command so quickly. I have to believe that I would have waited awhile—perhaps forever. I would have asked friends and family what they thought of this divine request. I would have compared [...]

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Day 2 (part 1)
Genesis 17:1-28:22
When Abram was 99 years old he “fell on his face” before God two times. The first time (Gen 17:3) he did so out of respect and the second time (v17) in mockery. When God bid Abram to “walk before [him] and be blameless” (v1) and that as a result he [...]

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A view from the Hubble Space Telescope showing a star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (NASA, ESA)
Day 1
Genesis 1:1-16:16
I am touched once again by the forthright stories of the Bible. They speak to the whole human condition with frankness; the Bible stories do not hold back their punches or their grace. Also notable [...]

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