In Part One, I was reflecting on how important, but how hard, it is to keep our truths from being painted over by our fears, our anxieties, our griefs, our shames, the world’s expectations and our collusion with the world’s expectations. But it seems to me that pentimento can also be life-giving and truth-enhancing in …
Although the preacher never used the term, pentimento, I heard a sermon this morning that used the concept of pentimento to encourage us to be more honest, healthier, less fearful, about revealing our mistakes rather than engaging in elaborate cover-ups. It was not until this evening, however, that I learned that the term actually comes …