Tag Archives: union
Transformed by the Dark Night
If something does not give birth to humility, and love, and dying to self, and simplicity, and silence—what can it be? Continue Reading Transformed by the Dark Night
Strength in All Things
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair. Continue Reading Strength in All Things
A Dynamic Unity
Our encounter with the eternal Christ mystery started 13.8 billion years ago in an event we now call the “Big Bang.” Continue Reading A Dynamic Unity
Jesus in the Trinity
Jesus never doubts his union with God, and he hands on union with God to us through this fully participatory universe. Continue Reading Jesus in the Trinity
Creating a People
Until and unless Christ is someone happening between people, the gospel remains largely an abstraction. Continue Reading Creating a People
Only One Message
There’s really only one message: there is no separation between God and creation. Continue Reading Only One Message
A Hopeful Foundation
Original Goodness A Hopeful Foundation Sunday, October 24, 2021 We are not loved because we are so beautiful and good. We are beautiful and good because we are loved. —Jürgen Moltmann, Theology of Joy (video interview, 2014) There is plenty of evidence in the world to conclude that there is something fundamentally flawed with humanity.… Continue Reading A Hopeful Foundation
Participation Is the Only Way
Life as Participation Participation Is the Only Way Friday, September 10, 2021 Some of the most exciting and fruitful thought in recent theology can be described as the “turn toward participation.” [1] Religion as participation is a rediscovery of the Perennial Tradition that so many saints and mystics have spoken of in their own ways. It… Continue Reading Participation Is the Only Way
Embracing Shadow and Light
Shadow Work Embracing Shadow and Light Monday, June 14, 2021 We all identify with our persona/mask so strongly when we are young that we become masters of denial and learn to eliminate or hide anything that doesn’t support it. Neither our persona nor our shadow is evil in itself; they just allow us to do… Continue Reading Embracing Shadow and Light