In this episode, Ian Clary and Wyatt Graham discuss Book 9 of Augustine’s Confessions. Here, Augustine finally receives the waters of Baptism. But on the way to Africa, tragedy hits. His mother Monica dies.
Seasons of suffering do not aways produce our clearest and most logical thoughts. The coming together of things like shock, sadness, anger, and confusion can sometimes lead to some wildly unhealthy and even irrational conclusions and decisions. And yet, I would argue that those difficult seasons of our lives can also end up being the moments when we see things with a surprising amount of clarity. On February 4th, 2024, I went to the hospital to have a lump looked at. I expected to be home that evening with some medication to take care of a very mundane diagnosis. However,...
