Transformation – Feb. 16, 2021
“As I sat quietly in the garden, I realized the power of transfiguration—of God’s transformation—in our world. The principle of transfiguration is at work when something so unlikely as the brown grass that covers our veld in winter becomes bright green again. Or when the tree with gnarled leafless branches bursts forth with the sap […]
Transfiguration – Feb. 15, 2021
“The central idea of the Eastern Patristic fathers was the idea of “theosis”, of deification (“obozhenie”) of the creature, of the transfiguration of the world, of the cosmos, and not the idea of personal salvation… Only later did the Christian consciousness hold in greater esteem the idea of hell, rather than the transfiguration and theosis […]
Take a Step – Feb. 12, 2021
Whoever you are: some evening take a stepout of your house, which you know so well.Enormous space is near. -Excerpt from “The Way In” by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Robert Bly
Here Am I – Feb. 11, 2021
Lord, here is my Bible;Here is this quiet room,Here is this quiet time,And here am I.Open my eyes; open my mind; open my heart; and speak. -From The Lion’s Book of Children’s Prayers