Spark of Life – Aug. 19, 2019
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) saw God in every aspect of creation. At a time when women were usually illiterate and untutored, Hildegard entered religious life as a child and rose to become the head of an independent women’s monastery in 1151. She composed music, wrote books, practiced medicine, preached throughout Western Europe and was sought […]
Fire Upon the Earth
What does fire mean for you? Is it light? Warmth? Threat? Comfort? Power? Destruction? Apocalypse? Do you fear fire, or welcome it? And when Jesus says, “I came to bring fire upon the earth,” does it imply trouble or transformation?* As a potter, fire is my friend. It is the end stage of turning clay […]
The Second Time in History – June 27, 2019
“The day will come when, after harnessing the winds, the tides, and gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.” -Teilhard de Chardin, Fire of Love: Encountering the Holy Spirit
Essence of God – June 14, 2019
“I am the fiery life of the essence of God; I am the flame above the beauty in the fields; I shine in the waters; I burn in the sun, the moon, and the stars. And with the airy wind, I quicken all things vitally by an unseen, all-sustaining life.” –Hildegard of Bingen, Scivias
