Category: confession

  • Gus and his pears

    Gus and his pears

    How does Augustine’s discussion of space and time fit into the theme of his Confessions? Are these extraneous to his argument? No.

  • Lifting Holy Hands

    Lifting Holy Hands

    The Hebrew word לֵהוֹדוֹת (leh-hoh-doht) simultaneously conveys the concepts of “to thank” and “to confess.” In a Christian context, this suggests a profound link between confessing sins and thanking God during the Liturgy.

  • The Echo Here is Amazing

    The Echo Here is Amazing

    YOUR HOST HAS NOTED elsewhere that in studying Hebrew at CitizenCafe Tel Aviv, he gets exposed to a lot of Israeli pop culture. Listening to modern, secular folks discuss Hebrew – or speak or sing in Hebrew – carries with it these echoes of the Tanakh. It cannot but just as much modern English carries…