I just read Jane Eyre for the first time today. (I know this is probably a SHOCK to some people, but 'tis true.)

I had read Charlotte Bronte's Shirley a few weeks ago on the flight from England, and was surprised to find that I was delighted with it. I expected to like it, but I hadn't properly experienced Charlotte's insight into both human ( Read more... )

I've been thinking on suffering tonight, and the meaning of Jesus's passion as it relates to the uniting of the suffering of God and man. Because Jesus suffered, God understood all facets of human suffering through his own experience and not by virtue of his omniscience alone. Likewise, Jesus's passion opened the doors for man to unite his ( Read more... )