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A Great Confusion
Feb 22, 2021 | By Sharla Moody BK ‘22
Lord, ask me not to walk atop the seas,
and give me not knowledge of all languages.
Do not speak to me with dew or marvelous wines,
and I plead that you not invite me to a banquet
Humble Offerings
Feb 18, 2021 | By Serena Puang DC ‘22 +1
On a good day (when everything is going smoothly, I’m not on a strict deadline, and I’ve gotten plenty of sleep), it’s easier to cut other people slack when they’re being less than their best selves. A person I’m meeting with is 40 minutes late? It’s okay, I’ll just get some other work done. The lady was mean to me at the post office? Hope her day gets better. Drunk guy falls asleep on me on the metro Sunday morning? Hey buddy, this is kinda weird, but you’re clearly not doing this on purpose. Be careful getting home, okay?
What We Talk About When We Talk About Miracles
Sept 15, 2020 | By Serena Puang DC ‘22+1
In 2019, members of Bethel Church implored the world to join them in asking God to raise two-year-old Olive Heiligenthal from the dead. For six days, people gathered to pray, worship, and declare resurrection power over Olive, but she never woke up.
Incidents like these and more everyday occurrences such as seemingly unanswered prayers for loved ones make it hard to trust accounts of miracles or even hope that they will come. Sometimes the seemingly unanswered prayer is waved off by the supplicant’s lack of faith. Alternatively, it is seen as proof that no higher being is listening.
Beholding Mystery: Tintoretto’s Last Supper and Magnifying the Divine
Sept 14, 2020 | By Sharla Moody BK ‘22
Upon the first viewing, Tintoretto’s Last Supper is wholly disorienting. The painting is a conglomeration of people, color, and mystery grouped under a title that immediately ties it to da Vinci’s older, more famous depiction of the same event. But Tintoretto imagines a less formal, more enigmatic scene. Like da Vinci’s painting, Christ is still central, but the rest of the painting crowds in on all sides, overwhelming the eye and mind. There are angels! And a cat! And so many people!
Supernatural and the Mundane
By Tommy Schacht, PC ‘21. Tommy is majoring in History.
Humans have a remarkable capacity for boredom. I remember the first time I stepped foot on Yale’s campus, I was blown away. If ten-year-old me saw my life now, he would probably have an aneurysm. And yet, this splendor hardly elicits a response from me now. The spectacular has become mundane simply by exposure.
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