Posted in God, christian mystic, faith, jesus on Nov 10th, 2007 2 Comments »
Wanting to know God, the great Indian teacher Ramakrishna said, is futile, reminiscent of the salt doll that went to measure the depth of the sea. If it is true we cannot know God, perhaps we can only know the emanations of God, but there are times when we feel the impossibility of any such [...]
Posted in God, jesus on Oct 27th, 2007 2 Comments »
I suppose most people who are Christians do so after feeling a strong attraction to Jesus of Nazareth. That seems like a fair assumption — it’s certainly that way in modern times and churches, where “Being Saved” is of great importance, and all signs point to Jesus, often to the point that the Truth about [...]
Posted in God, jesus on Oct 24th, 2007 6 Comments »
Back in my younger days, I almost became a Unitarian minister. I was, in fact, accepted at Harvard Divinity School, but things didn’t quite work out so I could go. I remember a story about Unitarians. After a Unitarian died, he was walking a road and came to a fork in the road at [...]
Posted in God, people, prayer on Oct 24th, 2007 1 Comment »
While CM doesn’t get into politics very often, I thought this piece which appeared © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com might be of interest to visitors. President George Bush has repeated his belief all religions, “whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God” – an assertion that caused outrage among evangelical leaders [...]
Posted in God on Oct 18th, 2007 No Comments »
I hope you will read and enjoy the previous post. As soon as I finished it, I came across a saying from the Apophthegmata Patrum, or “Sayings of the Desert Fathers” which would have saved a lot of electons if I’d have just printed it, for it sums up things very nicely, especially for those [...]
Posted in God, faith, practice on Aug 11th, 2007 5 Comments »
Warning! What follows is babble about how silly it is to babble. Do you know how you get a tune in your head and it just won’t go away? The same thing can happen with ideas. There are a few that keep popping up for a while, and right now I can’t seem to get [...]
Posted in God, practice on Aug 9th, 2007 1 Comment »
From one of my favorite Christian writers, Francois de Salignac de La Mothe-Fenelon — or, thankfully and more commonly, Fenelon,. 1651-1715: As you read a passage from the Scriptures, pause after each verse or phrase to hear what God might be saying. Consider how Jesus practices what you are reading. Think how other faithful believers [...]
Posted in God, faith on Aug 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
I was having one of my less than wonderful health days, but I got myself up and went to church this morning. I then navigated my way home. Visiting here and there on the web, I discovered a wonderful, wonderful sermon which I really would suggest you take the time to listen to. I’ve played [...]
Posted in God, christian mystic, christianity, faith on Jul 27th, 2007 No Comments »
My dear people, we are already the children of God but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed; all we know is, that when it is revealed we shall be like him because we shall see him as he really is. —St. John, I John 3:2 It is a [...]
Posted in God, christian mystic, christianity, faith on Jul 27th, 2007 2 Comments »
One of the most fascinating concepts in traditional Christianity is that of “theosis.” Timothy Ware, hardly a wild-eyed liberal, puts it this way: The aim of the Christian life…can equally well be defined in terms of deification. Basil described the human person as a creature who has received the order to become a god; and [...]
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