The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35) is one of my all-time favorite Gospel passages to meditate on because there’s just so much there! It’s a story ofjourneying in faith. It’s a story of accompaniment: journeying in faithwith one another and Christ. I love how this painting ofTh...
Instead of traveling to Jerusalem, the psalmist cannot go to the Temple, apparently because of sickness (42:10). The writer has a different kind of struggle than the psalmist of 121, who is uncertain about the journey to the city. As I like to tell people, the psalms contain very human...
260 Spencer Reece, The Road to Emmaus (poetry; National Book Award longlist; review forthcoming) 261 Linda Bierds, Roget’s Illusion (poetry; National Book Award longlist; review forthcoming) 262 John Darnielle, Wolf in White Van (National Book Award longlist; review forthcoming) 263 Kelly Bar...
appeared and spoke to him on the road to Damascus. This Damascene conversion, which duly led to him adopting the name Paul and becoming an apostle, was marked by a moment of intense religious ecstasy. Caravaggio's painting captures this moment, just after Saul has been flung off off his ...