It was wonderful to hear two of my favorite Substack writers hanging out together. On the question of psychologizing Jesus, one way to think of it is that Jesus is the true human, demonstrating what it means to be human creatures of God. Part of that is to show how we live with our anxieties and fears.
much touched. My heart beats when you talk of St Julian. Thank you also for your words, your experience of depression as gift. I was much the melancholic in my youth, and I still prefer the partial grey skies against the verdant landscape of my current home. Sunny days are sweet, but a balance of moody grey is gift
The awakening to ‘the fear of death’ as our human problem radically changed my life when I heard it from Father John Behr.
It was wonderful to hear two of my favorite Substack writers hanging out together. On the question of psychologizing Jesus, one way to think of it is that Jesus is the true human, demonstrating what it means to be human creatures of God. Part of that is to show how we live with our anxieties and fears.
Got to listen to the other half today-
much touched. My heart beats when you talk of St Julian. Thank you also for your words, your experience of depression as gift. I was much the melancholic in my youth, and I still prefer the partial grey skies against the verdant landscape of my current home. Sunny days are sweet, but a balance of moody grey is gift