In the most recent post in this series on knowing God, I pointed out that the traditional models of understanding the experience of God don't capture the true diversity that can be found in the Christian tradition — to say nothing of other traditions. In this post, I'd like to introduce Ken Wilber's integral approach … Continue reading God in Three Perspectives: An Integral Approach to Knowing God
Bright Week — the week after Easter — offers a beautiful time of rest, a chance to breathe after the heavy lifting of Holy Week. It's a week to sit beside an open window and gaze in wonder. It's not a week for deep thought or contemplation. And so, it makes a natural point for … Continue reading Pit Stop
Last week, I took a pause from the Lenten series-within-a-series on the mystics in order to focus on keeping Holy Week. While Lent is over, I didn't want to pass up the opportunity to linger a bit in the mystics, and particular Julian of Norwich, who made an appearance in my post on Friday, but … Continue reading Everything which is Good (Julian of Norwich and the Big, Beautiful Love of God)
If there is one thing the internet age has made abundantly clear it's that the human craving for lists and how-to guides is insatiable. Long before the internet made 'listicle' a word, this love for tidy numbered frameworks was taken up by the mystics. We've seen this in this Lenten mini-series already, in St. Bernard's … Continue reading Knowing God in 7 Easy Steps! (and other lies)
One of the guiding metaphors I've slipped into throughout this series on knowing God has been the spiritual journey. It's an unoriginal idea, but like most over-used analogies, it's over-used because it's so apt. Coming to know God is very much like a never-ending journey, down a long and winding road, into unfamiliar territories, in … Continue reading The Journey Within: St Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle
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