I remember being surprised when reading “prophetic imagination,” at how much it helped process grief and I think, in many ways, set the stage for me in terms of uncontrolling love (tho i doubt he uses that phrase). 👇🏼
“The mourning is a precondition in another way too. It is not a formal, external requirement but rather the only door and route to joy. Seen in that context, Jesus’ saying about weeping and laughing is not just a neat aphorism but a summary of the entire theology of the cross.
Only that kind of anguished disengagement permits fruitful yearning, and only the public embrace of deathliness permits newness to come.
We are at the edge of knowing this in our personal lives, for we understand a bit of the processes of grieving. But we have yet to learn and apply it to the reality of society.
And finally, we have yet to learn it about God, who grieves in ways hidden from us and who waits to rejoice until his promises are fully kept.“
I didn’t know he showed up to Concordia Seminary in ‘74! I was attending Greenville College at the time and followed the news involving Seminex closely. I went over there a couple times with friends to buy “cheap” books. A friend invited me to join him there to hear Jurgen Moltmann, but I declined- was more concerned about a term paper I was working on. I have since regretted that decision!
I remember being surprised when reading “prophetic imagination,” at how much it helped process grief and I think, in many ways, set the stage for me in terms of uncontrolling love (tho i doubt he uses that phrase). 👇🏼
“The mourning is a precondition in another way too. It is not a formal, external requirement but rather the only door and route to joy. Seen in that context, Jesus’ saying about weeping and laughing is not just a neat aphorism but a summary of the entire theology of the cross.
Only that kind of anguished disengagement permits fruitful yearning, and only the public embrace of deathliness permits newness to come.
We are at the edge of knowing this in our personal lives, for we understand a bit of the processes of grieving. But we have yet to learn and apply it to the reality of society.
And finally, we have yet to learn it about God, who grieves in ways hidden from us and who waits to rejoice until his promises are fully kept.“
I didn’t see an Obit in good ole NYTimes…sigh
I didn’t know he showed up to Concordia Seminary in ‘74! I was attending Greenville College at the time and followed the news involving Seminex closely. I went over there a couple times with friends to buy “cheap” books. A friend invited me to join him there to hear Jurgen Moltmann, but I declined- was more concerned about a term paper I was working on. I have since regretted that decision!