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“The artist is a servant who is willing to be a birthgiver,” writer Madeleine L’Engle tells us in Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art. “I believe that each work of art,
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Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
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It is passages like this one from the prophet Micah that reveal how much Jesus was a Jew, knew the Hebrew Scriptures, and was deeply formed by them. If we do not fully appreciate this fact, then we try to know the human text (Jesus) outside of the clear and total context (post-exilic Judaism). Then the message is neither clear nor compelling. How d
... See moreRichard Rohr • Wondrous Encounters : Scripture for Lent

to realize and enter into the non-dualistic, or unitive, heart of Christian experience – a way to be one with the Father, to live Christ’s life, to be not just a container of the Spirit but an embodiment and expression of the Spirit, to live by and with and in the Spirit, to live and move and have our being in God.
Paul F. Knitter • Without Buddha I Could not be a Christian
My dearest Father Gary, I cannot adequately put into words what your friendship has meant to me over the past few years. You have been my steady rock in the raging storm. You’ve been the father to me that I always wished for when I was growing up. You’ve given so much, and I know you’ve got so much more to give. Your ministry has just begun. When t
... See moreGary Smith • Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor
differentiating union: the more we realize we are one with God the more we become ourselves, just as we are, just as we were created to be. The Creator is outpouring love, the creation, the love outpoured.