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Archive for January 2008
A deep insight or a flight of fancy
Thursday, January 10, 2008 by Jay T.
a deep insight or a flight of fancy by the early awaking mind….(one is never quite sure at 4:45 in the morning):
The language of the Christian revelation is deeply–very deeply–disturbing and frightening to some. Those who use it among liberals, including Friends, run the risk of alienating some whom we wish to reach and touch.
The language and images of unarticulated ‘spirit’ and new age understanding are easy for me to judge as incomplete and impotent. The authority is given to a God who seems to me no greater than ourselves.
But the God I sometimes try to relate to is so all powerful and distant that he can’t touch us (me?) in our (my) hearts–where we (I) live. That leaves Him ineffective for rendering real change in us (me).
The stories we tell ourselves and the images we use to render our perceptions of the divine on the canvas of our souls are very important. Read the rest of this entry »
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