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Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, and the Bible: reading scripture as mythology part 5
Welcome to the fifth post in the series I am doing about mythology and the bible. You can see the other posts in the series here. I will reprise my caveat from last week: I am not attempting to read the stories of the bible in their theological, historical, scientific, or literary contexts. I am Continue reading
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Thankful Tuesday: my dad, the library, good books, conferences, and Amanda
First off, I cannot believe that it is already the end of February! I get married in 89 days! So that’s pretty crazy. Today I will depart from my usual Thankful Tuesday style and just list what I am thankful for. I am thankful for my dad who teaches the Junior class at the church Continue reading
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The Resurrection of Jesus
I am offering, rather, a historical challenge to other explanations and to the worldviews within which they gain their meaning. Precisely because at this point we are faced with worldview-level issues, there is no neutral ground, no island in the middle of the epistemological ocean as yet uncolonized by any of the warring continents. Historical Continue reading
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Sunday Prayers (1)
In keeping with my move away from being constantly inundated with blogs, I am choosing to revise my weekly Sunday posts. I am still committed to posting every day (as I promised at New Year’s), but I am going to retire Weekend Compilations. Sundays will now be a place that I post a prayer, a Continue reading
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Slowing Down and Creating: an announcement of sorts
I’ve been praying the Liturgy of the Hours on a daily basis for about two years now. Well, I’ve been praying Lauds (morning prayers) daily for about two years. During Advent, I prayed both Lauds and Vespers (evening prayers) so that I could pray with Amanda each evening as we lit the Advent candle. During Continue reading
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Labeling Keys
Taylor Mali is one of my favorite poets. Here is his “Labeling Keys.” Continue reading
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Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, and the Bible: reading scripture as mythology part 4
Welcome to the fourth post in a series I am doing about mythology and the bible. You can find the earlier posts here. I feel it necessary to mention, again, that I am not attempting to read the stories of the bible in their theological, historical, scientific, or literary contexts. I am interested in the Continue reading
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Sometimes I wish I didn’t have faith: a Lenten reflection
Sometimes I wish I didn’t have faith. I wish I could pick up, walk away, and live in this world like a normal person. * * * I was talking to a good friend the other day—the kind of friend who just gets me. We’ve known each other for years. She was talking about faith. Continue reading
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Thankful Tuesday: Highland Church of Christ
First, a programming note: I have been extremely busy lately. My parents and grandparents were in town this previous weekend to watch my sister perform in Sing Song, which means I didn’t get much school work done. I have several assignments due this week and next, none of which are light. I am presenting at Continue reading
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Symbols in the Modern Age
Symbols themselves have lost much of their power to reverberate in the mind and feeling since this power depends on the existence e of a coherent world. Without such a world symbols tend to become indistinguishable from signs. Gas stations, motels, and eateries along the highway have their special signs which are intended to suggest Continue reading
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Now and at the Hour of our Death
This is where my heart is today. Lord have mercy. Holy mother of God, pray for us, pray for us Holy mother of God, pray for us, pray for us Now and at the hour of our death, Amen, Amen Now and at the hour of our death, Amen Oh merciful God, forgive us, forgive Continue reading
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A Feather Stuffed Pillow
A Feather Stuffed Pillow by G. C. Jeffers I looked at her wondering what was going through her mind. Noticing my look she asked if we could talk about life and love and God above. About me and you and all that is true. About eagle’s wings and just how far freedom rings. My answer Continue reading
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Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, and the Bible: reading scripture as mythology part 3
This is the third post in my series about mythology (myth, legends, and fairytales) and the bible. In the first post, I explained my interest and intentions for the series. I briefly laid out some of my theoretical underpinnings for how I understand myth. In the second post, I took a longer look at my Continue reading
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Ash Wednesday: a movement of the soul
Today is Ash Wednesday. Today the liturgical season of Lent begins. During Lent, the alleluia in the liturgy is not said or sung. In some churches, the more celebratory decorations are covered up. The color is purple and the time is one of penitence and mourning. I will get ashes this evening. Ashes that remind Continue reading
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Weekend Compilations (11)
Welcome to this week’s installment of Weekend Compilations, a blog post where I share links to my favorite blog posts from the previous week. Sunday: Chaplain Mike explains that “There Is No “Me and Jesus” in the Bible.” He writes, “It struck me immediately that he was feeling isolated and lonely here. Thinking back to my Continue reading
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Believest Thou This?: a meditation
His sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. These were his brother-sister-soul of his soul-friends.The kind of friends who’ve held his beating heart while he poured out tears of frustration and anger. If a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. And Continue reading
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Indwelling Darkness
Indwelling Darkness after “Nearest Nameless” by Charles Simic If the abyss gazes back then it perceives me my existence my indelible mark on reality. Against such otherness I turn to the fire merrily combusting in my soul. Like Hamlet, full of youthful vibrancy staring right past revealed truth to do the will of a devil. Continue reading
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Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, and the Bible: reading scripture as mythology part 2
Welcome to the second post in the series I am doing about fairy tales and the bible. Last week, I explained what my interest was, why I am interested, what my theoretical basis is, and said that I would be, more or less, applying Tolkien’s fairystory cannons to the bible this week. After giving it Continue reading
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We are Simply not Entitled to the Easy Sleep of the Unburdened Conscience
In this local tale of conflated identity, there is a cautionary lesson for the rest of us. During this unceasing War on Terror in which secular nationalists are readily swapped for political Islamists, the American public has demonstrated little appetite for informational nuance. And while there is reason to hope that we might finally be Continue reading
About Me
Gregory C. Jeffers
Anglican Christian | Husband | Father | Teacher | Scholar | Poet
G. C. Jeffers 