Teleologial diversion...

[fajrdrako]

I don't usually go for poetry (or prose) with Christian content but this one caught my fancy:

Double Dactyl by Kristin M. Johnson

Higgledy-piggledy,
Jesus of Nazareth,
told of the plan for the
saving of man,

surveyed the world with a
teleological
sigh and said: "Father, I'll
do what I can."

Confession: I had to look up 'teleological'. I used to know what it meant, right? That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Anyway, Chambers online says: "teleology [noun] the doctrine that the universe, all phenomena and natural processes are directed towards a goal or are designed according to some purpose."

Comments

[angevin2.livejournal.com]

That is awesome.

I love double dactyls.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I love them too! Though I've learned that if I read too many of them in a row my brain fries.

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Wonderful.

(I did know what "teleological" means. Barely. But I also use "numinous" and "immanent" in conversation, too, that's just one of my oddnesses.)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I know 'numinous' (because of C.S. Lewis, whom I recall as overusing the word rather annoyingly) and 'immanent', though I don't always spell it right. But teleological? I know it now.