Neither/Nor:
Ruminations of a Spiritual Traveler

With apologies to Kierkegaard’s Either/Or, our general topic is the reflective Christian sailing in the sea of contemporary culture (and church). A cacophonous sea of competing claims and counter-claims, to which I often find myself responding “neither/nor.” But “what instead?” Aye, there’s the rub, matey. And that’s the white whale we pursue. Boats away!

Posts tagged Bonhoeffer

Christian Realism and Pagan Virtues — The Tragic Sense of Life

Karl Bonhoeffer lost his eldest son in WWI. He lost two others—Dietrich and Klaus—in WWII, both for their participation in the plot to kill Hitler. He also lost the husbands of two daughters, plus many friends. Writing soon after hearing of the deaths of Dietrich and Klaus, he said of that loss, “We are sad, but also proud.”

Daniel TaylorDaniel TaylorSeptember 1, 2011Bonhoeffer, Christian realism, Niebuhr, pagan, tragic sense, virtueComment

Story-Shaped Ethics

Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s cousin says that as a child Dietrich was greatly moved by reading a book entitled Heroes of Everyday, filled with stories of courageous young people who, with selflessness and clear thinking, often saved other’s lives, sometimes at the cost of their own.

Daniel TaylorDaniel TaylorAugust 8, 2011Bonhoeffer, character, ethics, Plutarch Comments

Neither/Nor: Ruminations of a Spiritual Traveler

Neither/Nor:
Ruminations of a Spiritual Traveler