— Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 —

All voluntary baptisms are a miracle to me and stop my mouth as much as if I had just seen Lazarus walk out of the tomb.

–Flannery O’Connor, quoted in Brad Gooch’s excellent biography Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor

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4 Responses to “Quote of the Moment”

  1. Peter G. April 8th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    I just read a review of Gooch’s new biography of O’Connor and I’m looking forward to getting my hands on a copy. Do you have any thoughts on it yet?

    Russell D. Moore in reply April 9th, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    @Peter G., I replied to you in the video comment below. Thanks for stopping by the site!

  2. Russell D. Moore April 9th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

     

  3. Peter G. April 10th, 2009 at 1:22 am

    Now that I think about, Dr. Moore, what did she mean by this? I take it by “voluntary baptisms” she meant non-infant baptisms, i.e. being a Roman Catholic, she meant adult converts to Catholicism?

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