Tag Archives: innocence
Innocence: Weekly Summary
We come to God not by doing it right, but by doing it wrong. Continue Reading Innocence: Weekly Summary
Letting Go of Our Innocence
I am who I am, and for some unbelievable reason, that’s what God has chosen to love. Continue Reading Letting Go of Our Innocence
Contemplation Reveals Our Wounds
Contemplation breaks us open to ourselves. Continue Reading Contemplation Reveals Our Wounds
God Alone Is Good
The challenge we face is whether we want to be better than we appear or appear better than we are. Continue Reading God Alone Is Good
Like a Child
To see and to be close to God we have to relinquish the part of us that feels important and knowledgeable. Continue Reading Like a Child
Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves
You need both innocence and experience, both the serpent and the dove. Continue Reading Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves
Leaving the Garden
Faith is trusting that an intrinsic union exists between us and God. Continue Reading Leaving the Garden
Becoming Wise Fools
Wisdom Becoming Wise Fools Friday, February 26, 2021 Those who will lead into the future will have some hard-won wisdom. We might call them the “holy fools.” By the holy fool I mean what the Bible and mythic literature have always presented as the “savior.” They are persons who are happily, but not naïvely, innocent… Continue Reading Becoming Wise Fools
A Further Journey
Order, Disorder, Reorder: Part One A Further Journey Friday, August 14, 2020 If we are granted this first stage of Order (and not all are), we feel innocent and safe. Everything is basically good, it all means something, and we feel a part of what looks normal and deserved. It is our “first naïveté.” Everything… Continue Reading A Further Journey
From Innocence to Knowledge
Order, Disorder, Reorder: Part One From Innocence to Knowledge Tuesday, August 11, 2020 Many Christians look to the Garden of Eden as the ultimate example of Order. While we can certainly mourn the suffering, it doesn’t do us any good to regret “the Fall.” It had to happen; failure is part of the deal! If… Continue Reading From Innocence to Knowledge