First, I would recommend Lee’s articulate and excellent thoughts in response to this recent, bizarre story about trying to scientifically ‘analyze’ the ‘results’ of prayer for heart surgery patients.
Second, Cynthia Nelson over at Per Caritatum has a wonderful and challenging post called “ Contemplations and Questions Regarding the Principle of Non-Contradiction, Rationality and the Mysteries of the Faith” in regards to Augustine and discovering an analogical way to express the trinity based on some self-psychology. Fascinating. I just finished Karl Rahner’s The Trinity today during my lunchbreak, so it’s very enlightening to see what (rather, who?) prompted Augustine to formulate these thoughts in this way, even though Rahner is of the conviction that Augustine didn’t go far enough in his thought. I’m not sure just yet what to make of all this. I have a couple more books to read before coming to any more clarity on this one.
This isn’t a link, but lastly, I’ll be heading up to the bay area this weekend — tonight, actually, for a 500-mile drive! Tiana’s wedding shower is this weekend, and so I’m sorta coming along — sorta because I’m actually not attending, but I’ll be around. People have been telling me with a smirk that “you wouldn’t want to attend!” Hah! I’ll be hanging out with my good friend Nate for part of the time, potentially meeting up with an old friend that I haven’t seen in maybe seven years for the other part, and quietly reading tons (not literally) for the rest of the duration.
–Eric out.