#half-hearted

(some weeks, C.S. Lewis busts me over and over again – this is one of those weeks)

Today’s Gospel is vaguely familiar. And odd. At least to us.

Jesus reads “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me” passage from Isaiah. Then says, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

The reaction of the people Jesus is saying this to? They are excited.

Because they get it. They know exactly what’s Jesus is talking about.

Our reaction? Not much of anything.

We don’t really think about it. So we move on to the next thing.

The next distraction. The petty busyness of life. Absent-mindedly scrolling from one thing to another, then another.

Whatever.

Which, if we actually stop to think about what Jesus is saying, is absolutely mind-boggling.

That we who are offered so much would ignore it for the sake of so little. C.S. Lewis explains,

“If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak.

We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered to us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea.

We are far too easily pleased.”

broken-hearted is more person than half- . hearted is

. What good is that . though?

. the poets know. But . I don’t.

Yeah, I mean, there are a lot of funny little facts and details about the RO’s that might not be used outside of their characters sheets, unless someone specifically asks. Their favorite colors, their favorite books, their beverage of choice, their secret hobbies, random quirks and so on and so forth. I’m always down to answer inquiries though, and I really love recieving these asks!!I’ve shared some random facts here and here before, but there’s always so much more, honestly I don’t even know where to begin.😅 Isaia - Had he lived in current times, he’d be extremely fond of weird and absurd cartoons, such as Courage the Cowardly Dog and Adventure Time.

June - She has a very faint scottish accent, and she blushes at dirty jokes. 

Alfeo - He does a lot of oil paintings, or at least he used to. His favorite color is green, just to spite a certain author of Elwins favorite book, see below. (This is a rather obscure reference, kudos to whoever can figure this one out.)

Sela - She can blow smoke rings, usually into people’s faces. 

Elwin - His favorite book is Faust by Goethe, and he’s much more idealistic than one might assume, politically but also philosophically. He’s quite esoteric in his beliefs. 

Olive - She has a thing for sappy romance novels.

Noah - He likes to knit, he plays the piano, and he makes clocks as a hobby. 

Forgotten Letter #827 by James Andrew Crosby

You're always gonna be the other half of my heart

(some weeks, C.S. Lewis busts me over and over again – this is one of those weeks)

Today’s Gospel is vaguely familiar. And odd. At least to us.

Jesus reads “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me” passage from Isaiah. Then says, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

The reaction of the people Jesus is saying this to? They are excited.

Because they get it. They know exactly what’s Jesus is talking about.

Our reaction? Not much of anything.

We don’t really think about it. So we move on to the next thing.

The next distraction. The petty busyness of life. Absent-mindedly scrolling from one thing to another, then another.

Whatever.

Which, if we actually stop to think about what Jesus is saying, is absolutely mind-boggling.

That we who are offered so much would ignore it for the sake of so little. C.S. Lewis explains,

“If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak.

We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered to us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea.

We are far too easily pleased.”

Today’s Gospel is vaguely familiar. And odd. At least to us.

Jesus reads “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me” passage from Isaiah. Then says, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

The reaction of the people Jesus is saying this to? They are excited.

Because they get it. They know exactly what’s Jesus is talking about.

Our reaction? Not much of anything.

We don’t really think about it. So we move on to the next thing.

The next distraction. The petty busyness of life. Absent-mindedly scrolling from one thing to another, then another.

Whatever.

Which, if we actually stop to think about what Jesus is saying, is absolutely mind-boggling.

That we who are offered so much would ignore it for the sake of so little. C.S. Lewis explains,

“If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak.

We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered to us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea.

We are far too easily pleased.”