Tag: Flannery O’Connor

Time-Bound and Short-Sighted, We Need God to be Our Vision

Michele Morin14 Comments
Time-Bound and Short-Sighted, We Need God to be Our Vision

I discovered Be Thou My Vision, the classic hymn, when I was in my twenties during a season when my own vision was clouded by uncertainty about the future and lack of clarity about my calling. It was a beautiful and poetic way for me to howl, "Show me, LORD! What is true? What is… Continue reading Time-Bound and Short-Sighted, We Need God to be Our Vision

New Testament Women and the Piercing Embrace of the Following Life

Michele Morin53 Comments

Flannery O'Connor is known for her short stories, but she packed images large and alarming into her economical word count. Murder, road side ambushes, and the cast of grotesque characters who populated her writing reinforced her oft-quoted credo: "You have to make your vision apparent by shock -- to the hard of hearing you shout,… Continue reading New Testament Women and the Piercing Embrace of the Following Life