PhD graduate in Anthropology. Interests in religion, secularism, migration, politics, development, theology and fiction. Tweets at @mayngo2
“She may be basically irreligious but we are not judged by what we are basically. We are judged by how hard we use what we have been given. Success means nothing to the Lord, nor gracefulness. She tries and tries violently and has a great deal to struggle against and to overcome. The violent bear it away.”
Flannery O’Connor, The Habit of Being
“And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.”
Matthew 11:12 Douay-Rheims Bible
“Art has two constants, two unending concerns: it always meditates on death and thus creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St. John.”
Boris Pasternak, Dr. Zhivago
The Violent Bear It Away 