A Diamond in the Rough
to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,the oil of gladness instead of mourning,the garment of praise instead o...
Author: Edwin Smith
There is no such thing as normal
The war creates no absolutely new situation; it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it. Human life has always been l...
How to become a theologian
For as soon as God’s word takes root and grows in you, the devil will harry you, and will make a real doctor of you, and by his assaults will teach you to...
They Were Fishermen
Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, ...
On Personhood and Love
Professor Haldane himself illustrates the present state of mind very well. He thinks that if one were inventing a language for ‘sinless beings who loved t...
Solemn Pleasure of the Imagination
I am not sure that anyone has satisfactorily explained the keen, lasting, and solemn pleasure which such stories can give. Jung, who went furthest, seems to me ...
The Prison of the Present Moment
That perhaps is why people are so ready with the charge of ‘escape’. I never fully understood it till my friend Professor Tolkien asked me the very ...
How to Frighten A Child
Those who say that children must not be frightened may mean two things. They may mean (1) that we must not do anything likely to give the child those haunting, ...
The Spiritual Discipline of Fairy Tales
I do not mean that school stories for boys and girls ought not to be written. I am only saying that they are far more liable to become ‘fantasies’ i...