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    If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men you may make some money and you may give someone a little joy and you may make a noise in the world, for a little while. If you write only for yourself you can read what you yourself have written and after ten minutes you will be so disgusted you will wish that you were dead.

    - Thomas Merton, from New Seeds of Contemplation

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    Archive for the "Judaism" Category

    Negative theology and the foolishness of progressive postmodern Christians

    The Tetragrammaton in Paleo-Hebrew, which today is often written YHWH or Yahweh. Its origin is thought by many to be Exodus 3, in which Moses is instructed to tell the people that “I Am” sent him. In Christian scripture it is translated “The Lord,” written in small caps. Observant Jews write but do not speak [...]

    On Hanukkah and the miraculous

    Anonymous, Hanukkah, 18th century. Source: Wikimedia Commons Sometimes I wish all the miracles in the Bible would just go away. Except maybe the Incarnation and Resurrection. The bigger and flashier the miracle the more I wish it would disappear. But there they all are, from Noah to Daniel to the loaves and fishes. So I [...]