Issue 6, Spring 2020 et Spiritus MIT’s journal of Christian thought beauty. spring 2020 featuring: spinning creation. why there is no meaning. being good stewards. 1 editor’s note. Dear Reader, Spring 2020 | Issue 6 Thank you so much for reading this issue of et Spiritus. I’ll be honest, I struggled somewhat to figure out what to write for this Editor’s Note. This current issue of et Spiritus suffered from major production delays and when the time for publishing finally arrived, I was feeling somewhat disheartened. The theme of this journal is beauty, and the production delays and last-minute rush to publication seemed anything but beautiful. But then, as I searched for scriptural inspiration for this Editor’s Note, I ran across this verse: “He has made everything beautiful in its time” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). This piece of scripture truly struck a chord with me, for a variety of reasons. Contact The culture we live in is obsessed with beauty. Every day we are bombarded with
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