by David | Jul 9, 2013 | Guest Post, Interesting People
This article was originally published in “Zeek”, an interesting online magazine. Reposted with the author’s permission. In my early 20s, I began having a certain kind of experience that was so intense, remarkable and strange—call them mystical...
by David | Jul 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
A few years ago I had the joy of attending a series of workshops/presentations by Andrew Harvey, who has been called a modern mystic. Two memories stand out. One is his excitement when talking about the Sacred. The other is how his excitement caused him to sometimes...
by David | Jun 23, 2013 | From Other Blogs
“Whenever we use any name for God, we are not describing the Indescribable but our paltry and entirely subjective experience of divine “Otherness” — that which is beyond us.” “These words just mean that in a given context, we who...
by David | Jun 22, 2013 | From a News Article
I think summer is a great time to discuss Christmas. With the holiday about six months away, maybe conversations about God-language, myth and the like can be held with less rancor and panic. Here’s a link to an article I found a while back about arguments among...
by David | May 31, 2013 | From Other Blogs
I ran across a good article written by Sarah Moon. Here’s a quote and links to her blog. Our images of God should challenge oppressive power structures, rather than simply providing a mirror for them to gaze into. Those images of God should free us to speak and...