Spiritual Direction
Sometimes I need some help.
Spiritual Direction
Sometimes I need some help.
Where we rest is a matter of what and how we love. Our restlessness is a reflection of what we try to “enjoy” as an end in itself—what we look to as a place to land. The heart’s hunger is infinite, which is why it will ultimately be disappointed with anything merely finite. Humans are those strange creatures who can never be fully satisfied by
... See moreCommenting on Kuyper’s proposals for liturgical reform, Wolterstorff observes that, for Kuyper, “various parts of the liturgy, and the liturgy as a whole, are to be seen as ‘an interaction between God and the congregation.’ Liturgy is action; and the actions are not just human actions and not just divine actions but ‘an interaction between God and
... See moreTruth is not just factual truth (the great mistake of fundamentalists), but a combination of both text and context, style and intent.
this ineffable reality that the word “silence” points to is not something that we need to acquire, like a piece of software we can install in the computer of our spiritual lives. It is pointing to something that is already within us, grounding all mental processes, whether precise, disciplined thinking or chaotic mental obsession.
“My weight is my love,” he says. “Wherever I am carried, my love is carrying me.”
If there is such a thing as human perfection, it seems to emerge precisely from how we handle the imperfection that is everywhere, especially our own. – Richard Rohr
Psalm 23 (“The Lord is my shepherd”).