One of the oft repeated idioms of one of my former spiritual teachers was, “God is invisibly present amongst us.” This turns out to be a profoundly scriptural formula for the ‘Unseen God,’ found in both Hebrew and Christian Scripture. I have written elsewhere in this blog about the thorough Jewishness of all aspects of […]
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I have come to believe that there are few things more expressive of a seriously lived spiritual life than ‘solidarity.’ To walk the long lonesome mile with the multitude of shoeless ones, in this beautiful but broken world, is where the real fruit of the mystic endeavor fully ripens. Feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson captures the
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Back in 1974, a fella called Nick Lowe wrote a song called “What’s so funny ‘bout’ peace love and understanding.” When it comes to Christian Pacifism, it is quite frankly no laughing matter. Perhaps the mention of Martin Luther King Jr, one of Christian pacifists most famous sons, immediately brings this into focus. To adopt
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It may well be that there is no better place to start my blogging life, than with this mind bending paradox, “When I am weak, I am strong” (2 Cor 12:10). Penned by that wacky out-there Jewish mystic Paul of Tarsus, two thousand years ago. Here was a fella who knew all about the game
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