This is Grain of Wheat, a place for thoughts on mimesis, politics, and the love of God.
Why “Grain of Wheat”?
Well, I like Christ’s words in John 12:24: “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” I think this verse encapsulates just about everything about reality, even more so than John 3:16. I’ve seen the concepts behind Christ’s statement in this verse in just about everything I’ve studied over the last few years, and I think it is truly the way to understand everything.
It is, somewhat terrifyingly, also our calling in ways either small, or perhaps complete:
“I am the wheat of God and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of Christ.” - St. Ignatius of Antioch
Just about everything I write will be connected to this verse and to the concept of the Grain of Wheat somehow.
I am a 2022 graduate of Wyoming Catholic College who likes to read, study, and think. Reading list of relevant books, sites, and podcasts on which my random thoughts are based is here:
Find me on X at @jamesgreenWY.
I also write Catholic satire at irkutskice.substack.com
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