faith

Jesus and Rival Messiahs

Jesus sitting alone on some rocks

Other than a few comments concerning Jesus by the ancient historians Flavius Josephus and Tacitus, we have precious little evidence of the savior of all Christendom. There are the gospels of course, as well as the gnostic texts, but these two sets not only often contradict each other as well…

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The God-infused Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

A painting of Rainer Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke’s God-infused Poetry speaks of our yearning for completeness Today’s entry is about Rainer Rilke’s poetry, which is spiritual, often close to mystical, and whose poems, translated and collated in Rilke’s Book of Hours, Love Poems to God by Anita Barrows sprang from what he described as “inner dictations”. Within…

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