Friday, July 02, 2010
God the musician compliments of 4th century poet Paulinus of Nola
Imaging God, imaging humans – What does the following quote say about God? What does it say about being human?
“Think of a man playing a harp, plucking strings producing different sounds by striking them with one quill … This is how God works … the Musician who controls that universal-sounding harmony … God is the Craftsman of all creation natural and contrived … Like a musician strumming the strings of the lyre with fluent quill, the Spirit proclaimed the same message in different tongues, instilling into men’s ears the varying sounds.”
From Paulinus of Nola, a Bishop around the 4th century, most famous not for his name, but for his poetry. (In Theological Aesthetics: A Reader
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Anzac Day resources
I’ve had a number of people email requesting info regarding Anzac Day and worship: for the record
- the journal article I wrote on the subject is Steve Taylor, “Scars on the Australasian Heart: Anzac Day as a Contextual Atonement Image,” New Zealand Journal of Baptist Research 6 (2001): 48-74
- here is a sermon (2004)
- here is my reflections on being part of a Dawn Parade in 2007
- and here is some worship (2009)
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