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‘The mystery of God’s presence can be touched only by a deep awareness of his absence. It is the center of our longing for the absent God that we discover his footprints, and realize that our desire to love God is born out of the love with which he has already touched us. In the [...]
‘Christianity is a shocking religion, although many of its adherents have managed to protect themselves from its terrible impact… One of the ways in which the shock of Christ is kept alive is by means of what the desert tradition of the east calls penthos (compunction). It has to do with a kind of ‘puncturing’ [...]
the lenten season is a time for internal contemplation in the presence of God’s Spirit, which in turn is meant to lead to new revelations and insights about our truest selves, which in turn is meant to become a means for transformation. and i came upon my first personal revelation yesterday.
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so…
the ‘blogger’ in me returns.
why? i’m not exactly sure.
i mean, the season of lent is a time for personal reflection, and much of that is meant to happen in the depths of my mind, my heart, my psyche, my soul.
in other words, it is mostly a ‘private’ affair.
so…
why make that mostly [...]