Loved, not Thought – Feb. 21, 2023
“He can certainly be loved, but not thought. He can be taken and held by love but not by thought.” –The Cloud of Unknowing, trans. James Walsh, Ch. 6, p. 130
The Leap
I wasn’t planning on having my lunch ruined when I showed up. I sure wasn’t prepared to hear a hard truth, even one that came from a voice that I trusted, loved, and admired. Mike Little invited me to lunch after I preached a few times at Bread of Life Church. He greeted me with sweet accolades […]
The Spirituality of Paradox – Sep. 21, 2021
“In the language of sacred tradition, the emotional center carries the “reconciling” force. It serves as a bridge between the mind and the body and also between our usual physical world and this invisible other realm. When properly attuned, the emotional center’s most striking capacity, lacking in the mind alone, is the ability to comprehend […]
June 29, 2018
“Thinking gets you nowhere. It may be a fine and noble aid in academic studies, but you can’t think your way out of emotional difficulties. That takes something altogether different. You have to make yourself passive then, and just listen. Re-establish contact with a slice of eternity.” -Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life Etty lived lived in […]
