[This Summer I'm taking a few weeks off from writing on the blog to work on other writing projects. Taking a cue from my childhood TV watching, I thought I'd do some 'Summer Reruns' , revisiting some old series/posts that I haven't thought of for a while, starting with my Fall 2020 series, 'Sanctified Imagination'] … Continue reading Sanctified Imagination: Part 1 – Problems and Possibilities [Repost]
It's time to bring this short series on Sanctified Imagination to a close. Over the past few weeks, we've seen how using our imagination can be a friend to our life of faith in several different ways. In all of these, some common threads have emerged — three positive, and one more challenging. I'd like … Continue reading Sanctified Imagination: Part 6 – Concluding Thoughts
So far, these reflections on the possibilities of a sanctified imagination have stayed within the bounds of traditional practices and ways of experiencing God. Today I want to push out a bit further and explore the fuller possibilities of our active imaginations, and even full-fledged fantasy to draw us closer to God. Fantasy means many … Continue reading Sacred Imagination: Part 5 – Fantasy
In the last post in this series on Sanctified Imagination, I shared the story of how a sanctified imagination allowed an old friend of mine to see a different story for herself than the one she had been taught and had been living out, a new story which allowed her to receive the grace of … Continue reading Sanctified Imagination: Part 4 – Imagination as Resistance
Lately, I've been thinking about the positive place imagination, and specifically a sanctified imagination, can have in the life of faith. The first post in this little series looked at why imagination has been controversial within Christianity; the second looked at the role the imaginative symbols of visions and dreams have played in the mystical … Continue reading Sanctified Imagination: Part 3 – Scriptural Imagination
Matthew Root 