Tag: Blaise Pascal

• Traumatic Grace:

  rue transformation rarely arrives gently. A reflection on suffering, metanoia, and the breaking of the ego through traumatic grace.

  RMDell’Orfano

  June 2, 2026

  Autobio

  Abraham Lincoln, Blaise Pascal, C.S. Lewis, Character Transformation, Christian mysticism, Conversion, Dark Night of the Soul, Ego Death, Faith and Reason, Ignatius of Loyola, Leo Tolstoy, near-death experience, Oscar Wilde, Path Perilous, personal growth, Psychological Transformation, Religious Experience, Search for God, spiritual awakening, St. Francis of Assisi, Suffering, TBorn Again, Theology, Transformation Through Suffering, William James

• The Vision Quest

  Billy Graham’s ministry indeed placed a central focus on metanoia—a Greek term meaning “repentance” or “spiritual rebirth”—which was pivotal in his evangelical outreach. His emphasis on this concept was both a hallmark of his preaching and a critique of what he saw as the institutional Church’s failure to prioritize personal transformation through faith in Christ.

  RMDell’Orfano

  December 23, 2024

  Education, Religion

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• Shock Therapy

  My nervous breakdown at Yale Graduate School converted me from, an agnostic Cradle Catholic..

  RMDell’Orfano

  June 19, 2024

  Psychology, Religion

  bible, Blaise Pascal, christianity, faith, god, jesus, metamorphesis of caterpillar, modernday Nicodemuses, Oscar Wilde, St john of teh Cross, St Romuald, training wheels