Our metaphors take us only partway, but only then do we see that we are at the limits of our understanding.
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Our metaphors take us only partway, but only then do we see that we are at the limits of our understanding.
If Christmas has a tendency to make us a bit sentimental in our religious attitudes, Advent reminds us that the terrible disruptions of our lives can also reveal the divine.
The story may say ‘happy are they who never saw and yet have found faith,’ but I think everybody knows what it’s like to be Doubting Thomas.