“I honestly don’t know whether I am describing something essential about the way we know God or merely my own weakness of mind.” KnowsWayMindMy OwnEssentialsWeaknessHonestlyKnowing GodDescribing Author:Christian Wiman
“There are dangers for an artist in any academic environment. Academia rewards people who know their own minds and have developed an ironclad confidence in speaking them. That kind of assurance is death for an artist.” PeopleKnowsMindKindArtistEnvironmentDangerRewardsAcademicAssuranceAcademiaIronclads Author:Christian Wiman
“I am a Christian because of that moment on the cross when Jesus, drinking the very dregs of human bitterness, cries out, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (I know, I know: he was quoting the Psalms, and who quotes a poem when being tortured? The words aren’t the point. The point is he felt human destitution to its absolute degree; the point is that God is with us, not beyond us, in suffering.)” KnowsHumansMomentsChristianSufferingJesusFeltCryDegreesCrossesAbsolutesDrinkingThat MomentBitternessPsalmsForsakenQuotingDregsGod Is With Us Author:Christian Wiman
