Where Angels Fear to Tread is the title of a 1905 novel my E.M. Forster, but it comes from a line from an Alexander Pope poem from 1707 entitled “An Essay on Criticism.” Pope’s line is more apropos of this post. “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” (more…)
Archive for February, 2010
Even Angels Should Fear to Tread Where God Has
Monday, February 15th, 2010Where Have you Gone Samuel Nafzger?
Monday, February 8th, 2010Everyone gets what Simon and Garfunkel meant when they sang, “ Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio/ A nation turns its lonely eyes to you?/ What’s that you say, Mrs. Robinson/ Joltin’ [I always thought it was “jumpin’.] Joe has left and gone away.” Well we know where Joe has gone. He’s buried at a cemetery in California, but where has Samuel Nafzger gone? (more…)
A Clown First Said it
Monday, February 1st, 2010It was a clown that first helped me see there is more than a rift, more than a divide, there is a chasm between Reformed and Lutheran. (more…)