tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204718322638463179.post5007527013512970720..comments2023-10-08T03:36:14.869-06:00Comments on Reflections on the Writing Life: Hopie's Christmas PoemAlice C. Linsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204718322638463179.post-31710093206125456782008-01-06T19:59:00.000-07:002008-01-06T19:59:00.000-07:00Hope,This is a wonderful little poem. and, for my ...Hope,<BR/><BR/>This is a wonderful little poem. and, for my two-cents-worth the title is perfect for it. There is so much in it -- such mystical/theological depth that a simple title would not do it justice.<BR/><BR/>ed pachtpoetreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613032927883843078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204718322638463179.post-21745385806039794432007-12-18T11:34:00.000-07:002007-12-18T11:34:00.000-07:00Titles are always problematic. I have a theologica...Titles are always problematic. I have a theological degree and caught the title's meaning immediately, but I can understand how it might be off-putting to some. <BR/><BR/>You might look for a phrase or word within the poem to use as the title. This often works well. "Skin-clan" is a possiblity, but it is so close to the pagan "sky-clad" (meaning naked) that I'd be careful. Hypostasis really has to do with the 2 natures of Jesus Christ: fully human and fully God, or God in the flesh (Incarnate God). <BR/><BR/>The poem has lovely brackets: first line "infant hands" and last line "infinite hands".Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204718322638463179.post-31934501417620145002007-12-17T20:42:00.000-07:002007-12-17T20:42:00.000-07:00Question to Alice...Many people have read this poe...Question to Alice...<BR/><BR/>Many people have read this poem...but cannot get past the title. It has given me opportunity to explain the hypostatic union and its spiritual implications in the Christmas context, but in almost every case, the reader has later commented that I should change the title so that the average layman without theological training will not stumble over it and miss the <BR/>Christmas message. What do you think? What alternative title might be universally recognized by the poems readership?<BR/><BR/>Open to Suggestions, HopeHopiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346214794525107682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204718322638463179.post-37966047892602379222007-12-17T20:34:00.000-07:002007-12-17T20:34:00.000-07:00Dear Alice,Thank you for all your encouragement. ...Dear Alice,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for all your encouragement. I wrote this in the throes of theological and historical study of the nature of Jesus Christ. The fully man/fully divine union...hypostasis...of Jesus Christ is what we celebrate during advent and is, I believe, the heart of the Christian faith. <BR/>Although the poem is simple, short, and direct, the ramifications and complexities of the Incarnation are awesome...in the true sense of that word.<BR/><BR/>Love, Your Sister HopeHopiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346214794525107682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204718322638463179.post-64973272268490987222007-12-17T11:32:00.000-07:002007-12-17T11:32:00.000-07:00A lovely poem, dear sister! Thanks for allowing me...A lovely poem, dear sister! Thanks for allowing me to post it.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.com