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Archive for May, 2006

FINAL week: — and an evaluation here

Posted: Monday, May 8th, 2006 @ 3:01 pm in Life of the Beloved | 10 Comments »

This is the final week on the online reading group. Themes from the end of the book are under the “Pages” column in the brown section to the right. I have posed two questions below this post for discussion. Also, could you please comment on your experience in this reading group directly below this post […]

DQ 5.1 Joy and suffering the same thing???

Posted: Monday, May 8th, 2006 @ 2:56 pm in Life of the Beloved | 16 Comments »

Many people in this online reading group have shared some of their suffering. Thank you for that! This leads to a great question. As Henri says, the novelist Julien Green suggests that in the end, joy and suffering are the same thing (p. 109). How can that be? Do you agree?