william stringfellow – crookedshore

Stringfellow on Friday – resurrection and violence

In the coming decade in Ireland we will be reminded of how the history of this island has been shaped…

Working, as I do, in inner city Belfast it is sometimes hard to see the impinging force of the resurrection…

Eschatology was critical to Stringfellow’s thinking, and particularly the imperative of living today in the light of the resurrection. I’m…

OK, before you go on, this post contains the F-word. Seriously. And I wouldn’t want to offend you by not…

After graduating from Harvard Law School Stringfellow eschewed the traditional career path with a Boston law firm and moved to…

In the First Advent, Christ the Lord comes into the World; in the next Advent, Christ the Lord comes as…

Remember the Advent project, The Mockingbird’s Leap? Well, we’re going to resurrect it in modified form. I was prompted by…

Stringfellow often took time out from the routine of his life to get into his car and follow the circus…

The writings of William Stringfellow have existed in a shadowland for me. I’ve heard people quote him and I’m aware…

The scriptural integrity of the liturgy requires that the laity not be spectators but participants–not as a matter of piety,…