Sublime

informing a theology of the Christian life as one of migration, a quest for a home one has never seen. Joy is arriving at the home you’ve never been to.

Various Christian traditions may argue over orthodox or heterodox ways of understanding this, but there is clear and authoritative testimony based on living the Christian mysteries that if we are going to speak of what a human being is, we have not said enough until we speak of God.

Frederick Buechner writes that your calling is found “where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

So the household of ministry is the place of story, meaning it has its center in the practice of testimony.

“Who knows what the future holds? Only the One God,” explained Aidan. “You just live the little bit of life that you can see in front of you. You live it well. And that gets you ready for whatever unfolds next.

from the troubles of life in a way that only God can.

God speaks through human words, and our best insights articulate the Divine;

People experience human flourishing when they serve as priest-kings, using their mind, affections, will, and body to enjoy loving relationships with God, self, others, and the rest of creation.

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.