“To live in a way that you want to know the truth about yourself is a hell of a challenge.” — Stanley Hauerwas

“I think of it as something that a mind at peace in any degree, and a mind that’s schooled toward good attention, sees beauty all the time.” - Marilynn Robinson, to Ezra Klein (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/podcasts/transcript-ezra-klein-interviews-marilynne-robinson.html)

Reading Dallas Willard’s The Divine Conspiracy, I’m struck by how dense but readable it is. There’s virtue ethics and an in depth understanding of Second Temple Judaism. There’s Aristotle and Plato, and a firm conviction Jesus is smarter than them. And yet, it’s practical spirituality on every page.

Deacon Ordinations, Cathedral Church of St. Luke