Reading Kierkegaard this morning. Went to bed too late to be up comprehending Kierkegaard, but the great phrase "to will one thing" is on my mind. So I'm reading the online version of Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing, and am stopped at the 2nd chapter. Kierkegaard says remorse always comes …
Abandoned Churches
Here's a fascinating exercise: go to WebUrbanist and ponder these abandoned churches. Truly beautiful buildings that were once opened with hope, worship, and vitality. Places built to honor God (and perhaps demonstrate power and wealth of some kind) and therefore places where now unknown people felt awe, transparency, conviction, and the power of divinity. Now …
Hanging with the Divine
Imagine. Talking to God. Prayer is another of those funny English words that stand symbol for all kinds of experiences. Wikipedia has that it enters the English language in the late 13th C, from French and Latin words built on the ideas of entreaty, request, and simple asking. And when the folks I know talk …
Soul
So the new preacher started yesterday in rousing fashion, his lesson centered in the ancient Jewish commandment which is the centerpiece of the Torah, and reaffirmed years later by Jesus as the most important commandment. "Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord Your God with all …
Anybody Know How to Hear God?
Say there was a character who decided he was going to hear a definitive word from God or be damned trying. He saunters along in the jazzy rain, barely noticing the rain noodling in through the holes in his jeans, too lost in an imminently practical and frustrating question: how to hear from God? He …
JEFF BERRYMAN 