A couple of weeks ago I did a podcast with Luke Norsworthy about my book The Authenticity of Faith.
Luke followed that up with a really good podcast with author Ian Morgan Cron about the differences between the Catholic and the Protestant Imaginations. I really enjoyed their conversation. Deep stuff all the way through.
Oh, wow. That describes my experience and understanding, although I have sort of found my way there on my own, and through a baptized imagination (hat tip to C S Lewis). Years and years ago, trying to live the verse "Rejoice always, in all things give thanks; pray without ceasing" put me in a place like Cron's description of experiencing God in all of life. Sorry to be incoherent -- I've ambled into this and hadn't expected such a lucid discussion of my personal experience.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I'm Episcopalian (joined in college, but raised in Southern Presbyterian), but this was never directly described. Guess it's in the atmosphere.
What a fantastic podcast. I was raised C of C, but was once described by my Calvinist friend as "suspiciously Catholic" -- to my great delight. I like the meeting place of Word and Sacrament, as Cron so nicely puts it.
ReplyDeleteI'll just add that the "artist pastor" Cron should have named is Malcolm Guite! A talk by Guite at Regent College is here: http://www.regentaudio.com/products/the-word-made-flesh-christ-and-the-imagination