Tuesday April 15 snow boots & John Dunne (1929 – 2013)<\/p>\n
Another of the moods of Spring \u2014 a day or two to take off dancing shoes and pull back on snow boots. Time for a little fortitude, though surely not the most demanding bravery our lives require.<\/p>\n
Tough weather during the run-up to final exams brought to mind a short saying written by John Dunne, a legendary faculty member at Notre Dame. His books were not particularly long which I found helpful because I often took a long time to find my way into the theology he created, not because he was dense or dull but because his surprises astonished me at every turn, sometimes 2 or 3 surprises in a single paragraph that might absorb my attention for an hour.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s post is technically prose but it rewards reading and re-reading, out loud like a poem.<\/p>\n
The daffodils will burst into color by Easter, want to bet?<\/p>\n
john sj<\/p>\n
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God is not \u201chow things stand\u201d
\n\u201cHow things stand\u201d is not God
\nGod is not domesticated by how things stand
\nGod leads on an adventure.
\nGod is wild.<\/p>\n
John Dunne<\/p>\n
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