Show Notes
A five-minute Christian meditation and lectio divina practice on 1 Corinthians 13:12, with Emily Dickinson's poem "Tell All the Truth but Tell It Slant". Day 31 of the Unseen Existences series.
Scripture 1 Corinthians 13:12 (NRSVUE) For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.
Refrain The truth dazzles gradually, so that I may see.
Quote Emily Dickinson, "Tell All the Truth but Tell It Slant" "Tell all the truth but tell it slant— Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind—" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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