Brady Bowman

Sudden Showers, Newbury Marshes (c. 1865-1875) by Martin Johnson Heade:

Sunset over the Marshes (c. 1890–1904) by Martin Johnson Heade:

Houses at L’Estaque (1908) by Georges Braque:

The Viaduct at L’Estaque (1907) by Georges Braque:

Finished reading: How to Inhabit Time by James K. A. Smith 📚

Disjointed and uneven in some ways, but overall a fascinating exploration of time and what Smith calls the practice of “spiritual timekeeping.” I think he’s exactly right that living faithfully in the present requires some awareness and even reckoning with the past, both individually and corporately. Also, his criticisms of certain “atemporal” forms of Christianity were on the money.

Currently reading: After Emmaus by Brian J. Tabb 📚

James K. A. Smith:

There are lots of religious people for whom their faith amounts to a leap into a nostalgic past or an escapist future, but the present bedevils them: awkward and unsettled, they stumble and waver. They know how to be faithful anywhere but now…. To know how to dance in divine time and walk like a human being is a marvel.