Most of us here have lived through the development of a technology that can be described as world-changing, impacting for good and for ill the way we conduct our economic and personal lives: the information revolution, with its computers, internet, cell phones, etc.. Now 2022 may have marked the birth of the next world-changing technology: nuclear fusion, which has the potential to generate safe, pollution-free, cheap, and unlimited energy.
Kenzie Bryant says that 2022 has been the year of implosions. She gives some examples. We cite some even bigger implosions. And we invite you to give some more.
Since it is still Christmas and will be until Epiphany on January 6, I want to commend to you a reflection on the theological meaning of Christmas by Anthony Costello, who, drawing from St. Athanasius, shows that the Incarnation speaks to us of the creation, the character of God, and our salvation.
The Lord is come. Let Heaven and Nature sing. Read more
Quotations from C. S. Lewis about Christmas. Plus, plans for next week on the Cranach blog, including the review of readers' predictions for 2022 on Thursday and our new predictions for 2023 on Friday. (Both will be free posts for subscribers and non-subscribers alike.)
This weekend the topic for our discussion is (what else could it be?) Christmas!
A Christmas custom at this blog is for me to give you, my esteemed readers, presents to show my appreciation. What this amounts to is simply putting you on to free or nearly-free stuff available on or through the internet that I think you will enjoy.
C. S. Lewis has a priceless anecdote about the commercialization of Christmas, one that is hilarious and tragic at the very same time. Properly, though, the gift-giving aspect of Christmas can bring out the Gospel meaning of Christ's birth.
When we meditate on the End Times, which we are supposed to do during Advent, we think of the Second Coming of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, and Judgment Day. But there is another aspect of Christ's return--indeed, of the Christian faith--that we often forget about. When this world comes to an end, God will create the world again. There will be a new creation.
Among the signs of the End Times are false prophets, false Christs, and miracle workers. So in accord with the Advent theme of "watching," this would be a good occasion to make ourselves aware of the latest heresy afflicting contemporary Christianity: The New Apostolic Reformation.
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