“The argument is made that naming God is never really naming God but only naming our understanding of God. To take our ideas of the divine and hold them as if they correspond to the reality of God is thus to construct a conceptual idol built from the materials of our mind.” ― Peter Rollins What is God? I googled words describing God. Here is a … [Read more...]
Saturday Afternoon at Starbucks
This Saturday at noon my daughter and I went to Starbucks to eat and drink. We went to spend some time together. We went to do our own things on our hand held devices. Normally I do not people watch but the woman sitting a few feet from me was on her phone speaking rather loudly. I decided to listen. She talked about egg nog. She talked about … [Read more...]
Silence
Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb the silence. -- Pythagoras So simple yet often so difficult. Here are some thoughts on silence and how we can practice this art. 1. Prayer Yes, do speak. You might ask. You might praise, You might lament. You might complain. You might argue. But then quiet yourself and sit in … [Read more...]
Experience Ultimate Reality
But God is not a part of reality but is ultimate reality. Paul Tillich Don't limit God. God is really just the word we give to define Him. I will add, He is not really a Him. He is beyond description and comprehension. We do our best as humans to describe how we experience Him. The Bible is full of people sharing their story or experience of … [Read more...]
What Is A Friend?
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” Aristotle What a wonderful thing indeed. We experience this when we marry our soul mate. We experience this when we together share our life with a life long friend. We experience this when we invite and accept God's invitation of love and in return love Him back. In fact, we do this when we … [Read more...]
What Do You Think?
We think we are our thinking, and we even take that thinking as utterly “true” which removes us at least two steps from reality itself. Richard Rohr What is reality? How do we experience reality? I propose it is ok to think. It is also ok to think our thinking is ok. During contemplation we think. We ponder. We mull things over. We pray. We … [Read more...]
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