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Sunday 04 September, 02005

by Matthew Bartlett @ 3:30 pm

Brian McLaren interview (feat. violence in the OT & hell!)
Two body poems from the New Pantagruel issue 2.3
Setting up Atlas School
Sketching a coherant political theory
Priests in lab coats

Gavin ended his sermon tonight with this quote from a Hasidic rabbi:

Wisdom lives in the future, and from there it speaks to us. There is no such thing as wisdom of the past. Wisdom preceded the world and wisdom is its destiny. With each passing moment, wisdom becomes younger as we come closer to the time when it is born and breathes the air of day. Our ancient mothers and fathers, the sages, all those from whom we learn wisdom – they are not guardians of the past. They are messengers of the future.

6 responses to “”

  1. Tim says:

    ‘wisdom is its destiny’???

  2. Aaron says:

    Tim, it is the mirror statement of “Wisdom preceded the world”. The rabbi is speaking eschtalogically.

    Think of the personification of wisdom in, for instance, Proverbs 1:20-33, or 8:22-30.

    And God’s wisdom, which we recognise as Jesus, will bring the world to its destiny. He is the Alpha and Omega.

  3. Ben Hoyt says:

    Man, that Atlas “School” sounds cool. Fits some kind of vision in the back of my head. I’m a bit disillusioned with typical schools, not to mention typical homeschooling. How does it fit in amongst your other links, Matt?

  4. Sambo says:

    I wasn’t aware links had to be relative to eachother. What a curious animal the interweb is!

  5. Tim says:

    Aaron, you could be the feast coordinator at Atlas.

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