Wisdom IN Literature: The Lost Gospel of Lazarus on Wonder and Mystery

Last Summer, I did a short series that I called “Wisdom in Literature,” about how some of my favourite novels intersect with issues of faith. I thought it would be fun to pick that up again, with some of my favourite recent reads. Today I’m going to talk about a recent Jewish retelling of the … Continue reading Wisdom IN Literature: The Lost Gospel of Lazarus on Wonder and Mystery

Mysterious Encounters

The past posts in this series on knowing God have insisted on two paradoxical things: First, that our words, concepts, and experiences can never adequately describe God, and second, that God can nonetheless be known. With this in mind, the best word to describe God is probably Mystery. Contrary to what popular literary genres might … Continue reading Mysterious Encounters