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Tag Archives: Cynthia Bourgeault

The Desert Mystics: Weekly Summary

Self-Emptying Love

Love Flows

We flow into God—and God into us—because it is the nature of love to flow. Continue Reading Love Flows

God’s Love Made Manifest

Tears express that vulnerability in which we can endure having our heart broken and go right on loving. Continue Reading God’s Love Made Manifest

The Parables of Jesus: Weekly Summary

Parables take us far beyond the safety zone of conventional morality into a world of radical reversal and paradox. Continue Reading The Parables of Jesus: Weekly Summary

Wisdom Teachings

Stories were Jesus’ stock-in-trade, the main medium by which he conveyed his message. Continue Reading Wisdom Teachings

Embodied Faith

The language of spiritual transformation is already written deeply within our bodies. Continue Reading Embodied Faith

Freedom from Our Passions

The real heart of emotion is the willingness to let go, to sacrifice your personal drama so that you can begin to see. Continue Reading Freedom from Our Passions

Love Poured Out

Jesus’ idea of “dying to self” was through radically squandering everything he had and was. Continue Reading Love Poured Out

A Metaphysics of Hope

For as the heavens reach beyond earth and time, we swim in mercy as in an endless sea. —Psalm 103:11 Cynthia Bourgeault explores the idea that mystical hope is something that arises from within us, not as a result of our own effort, but as a fruit of our ability to consciously abide in what… Continue Reading A Metaphysics of Hope

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