Today's Life-LineS:
Let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like a mighty stream. ~ The prophet Amos 5:24
Race prejudice, a universal human ailment, is the most recalcitrant aspect of the evil in man. ~ Reinhold Read more [...]
When an alien resides with you in your land,
do not mistreat such a one. ~ Leviticus 19: 33
Do not neglect hospitality, for through it
some have unknowingly entertained angels. ~ Hebrews 13: 2
Swiss theologian Karl Barth (1886 - 1968) was one of Read more [...]
~ continued from the previous two posts
"To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments. Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living. Read more [...]
Today's Life-Line is:
"I'm a soul in wonder." ~ Van Morrison
Here are some comments on yesterday's quote by Abraham Heschel. If you haven't read the previous post or quote, I recommend you do so before reading today's reflection. Just click "Previous" Read more [...]
Years ago the magazine Christian Century used to a have a one page feature that I enjoyed. For each issue an invited theologian was asked to choose a favorite poem which was displayed followed by a statement of maybe a hundred or hundred-fifty words Read more [...]
The late Carmelite monk William McNamara describes the simple awe and perceptive appreciation that is at the core of the mystic way. He writes:
To engage in the natural art of contemplation is to look long and steadily, leisurely and lovingly at Read more [...]
The mystic or contemplative is the man or woman who is intensely and intentionally alive to the aliveness of God. Mysticism or contemplation is “the wordless awareness of oneness with God beyond what thoughts can grasp or words can adequately convey.”[1] Read more [...]
Today's Life-Line is:
There are no proofs for the existence of God. . .
There are only witnesses.
--Abraham Joshua Heschel Read more [...]