Tamed Cynic

1 week ago | jasonmicheli.substack.com | Denise Levertov |Jason Micheli

As an added gift, here is a poem for Holy Week:Ikon: The Harrowing of HellBy Denise LevertovDown through the tomb's inward archHe has shouldered out into Limboto gather them, dazed, from dreamless slumber:the merciful dead, the prophets,the innocents just His own age and thoseunnumbered others waiting hereunaware, in an endless void He is endingnow, stooping to tug at their hands,to pull them from their sarcophagi,dazzled, almost unwilling.

1 week ago | jasonmicheli.substack.com | Jason Micheli

If you appreciate the work, pay it forward. Literally! Become a paid subscriber. Hebert McCabe was a Dominican priest, theologian, and philosopher whom I discovered just before his death in 2001. I did so through an aside in a lecture Stanley Hauerwas delivered on discipleship— I had those Hauerwas lectures on cassette tape and listened to them until they busted. In fact, the tapes were what prompted me to reach out and write to Stan for the first time.

1 week ago | jasonmicheli.substack.com | Jason Micheli

If you appreciate the work, pay it forward. Literally! Become a paid subscriber. John 19.6, 15-17From a wealthy New England family, William Congdon volunteered as an ambulance driver during World War II. He was the first American to enter the death camp at Bergen Belsen, images from which left an indelible impression on him.

1 week ago | jasonmicheli.substack.com | Jason Micheli

Stick around here and I’ll use words as best as I know how to help you give a damn about the God who, in Jesus Christ, no longer gives any damns. Stick around here and I’ll use words as best as I know how to help you give a damn about the God who, in Jesus Christ, no longer gives any damns.

1 week ago | jasonmicheli.substack.com | Jason Micheli

If you appreciate the work, consider becoming a paid subscriber. Here is the most recent discussion of The Crucifixion. If you’d like to join us live tonight at 7:00 EST, HERE is the link. Show NotesSummaryThis conversation delves into the themes of guilt, judgment, and forgiveness within a biblical context. The speakers explore the nature of judgment as a call to honesty and the role of God's love in the process of redemption.