Tag Archives: Incarnation

Let Even the Old Rejoice

Posted on January 14, 2014 by hessd

  Every year, as close to Epiphany as we can get it and still have it fall on a weekend, Bette and I invite friends over to read W. H. Auden’s poem, “For the Time Being” together.[1]  It takes about … Continue reading →

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With Your Eyes So Blue (not Green, but Blue)

Posted on September 13, 2013 by hessd

Today, I want to think a little about one of the densest and most debated texts I know.  It is the Prologue to the Gospel of John, found in Chapter 1, verses 1—18.  These verses have made and ruined academic … Continue reading →

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