Bruce Cole
@brucecole.bsky.social
Husband, dad, Chicago guy, writer, theologian (not of the academic variety), lover of the mystics
“He was inspired by the lack of compartmentalization that he saw in Black Christianity, that it places one’s whole being under the gospel—with no space for the separation of faith and politics or of public and private life.”
My Review of the Bonhoeffer movie. www.christiancentury.org/features/tro...
The tropes that birth the hero
It is admirable that Bonhoeffer endeavors to highlight Black life. But one must be careful that the Black life of one’s representation is not playing in the dark of caricatured Black...
www.christiancentury.org
November 26, 2024 at 5:12 PM
“He was inspired by the lack of compartmentalization that he saw in Black Christianity, that it places one’s whole being under the gospel—with no space for the separation of faith and politics or of public and private life.”
This ancient theme of the mystics is finding expanding expression.
Wonderful.
Wonderful.
November 24, 2024 at 8:30 PM
This ancient theme of the mystics is finding expanding expression.
Wonderful.
Wonderful.
Jim Gaffigan to Bears fan: “You’re aware that getting into the playoffs isn’t by invitation. You have to win games. Right?”
November 24, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Jim Gaffigan to Bears fan: “You’re aware that getting into the playoffs isn’t by invitation. You have to win games. Right?”
“To live consciously aware of divine presence and depth in every moment, every act, every touch of the hand, smell of the rose, taste of food, tear of sorrow, pain of wound is to know oneself as part of a cosmic whole.” - Ilia Delio, “The Not-Yet God”
November 24, 2024 at 5:22 PM
“To live consciously aware of divine presence and depth in every moment, every act, every touch of the hand, smell of the rose, taste of food, tear of sorrow, pain of wound is to know oneself as part of a cosmic whole.” - Ilia Delio, “The Not-Yet God”
Reposted by Bruce Cole
November 17, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Reposted by Bruce Cole
Want to learn about the life, faith, & resistance of Dietrich Bonhoeffer? Check out this audio documentary featuring a host of the most accomplished Bonhoeffer scholars. bonhoefferpodcast.com
November 13, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Want to learn about the life, faith, & resistance of Dietrich Bonhoeffer? Check out this audio documentary featuring a host of the most accomplished Bonhoeffer scholars. bonhoefferpodcast.com
The philosopher John D. Caputo said the most remarkable thing to Ilia Delio on her podcast, “A Hunger for Wholeness”: “The name of God is not an agent but of an agenda. It is something to be done and we’re the ones who have to do it.”
November 16, 2024 at 2:02 AM
The philosopher John D. Caputo said the most remarkable thing to Ilia Delio on her podcast, “A Hunger for Wholeness”: “The name of God is not an agent but of an agenda. It is something to be done and we’re the ones who have to do it.”
It’s a subtle distinction: to love another as an act, or to *be* love. To love as an act is what we’re taught. We determine that we love someone and then we try to demonstrate it through our actions. Deciding to *be* love is a different thing. 1/3
November 15, 2024 at 12:29 AM
It’s a subtle distinction: to love another as an act, or to *be* love. To love as an act is what we’re taught. We determine that we love someone and then we try to demonstrate it through our actions. Deciding to *be* love is a different thing. 1/3