Monthly Archive: August 2023

[“And Mary said, . . . ‘may it be done to me according to Your word’” (Lk 1:38). “And (Jesus) said, ‘Abba, Father, . . . not what I desire, but what You (do)’”...

[“The eyes of all wait upon You, and You give them their food in due season. You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing” (Ps 145:15-16). Driven from his Mannheim...

[“The eyes of all wait upon You, and You give them their food in due season. You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing” (Ps 145:15-16). Driven from his Mannheim...

[“And behold, YHWH was passing by. . . .YHWH was not in the wind . . . earthquake . . . fire; and after the fire a small whispering voice. When Elijah heard it,...

[“The lovers of God have no religion but God alone” (Jalál al-Din Muḥammad Rúmi [1207-73]; cited by Dag Hammarskjöld [1905-61] in his Markings).] O Lover, I am again reminded that this glimmering gift of...

[“For it was (the Father’s) good pleasure for all the divine fullness to dwell in (the Christ)” (Col 1:19).] O Lover,  Across the sweep of two millennia one of the more neglected passages in...

O Lover,  From time to time I am drawn, ambush-like, into a zone of awareness of inundating beauty and bounty, one in which my modest vessel is filled and overflowing leaving me awash in...

O Lover, It was in my early twenties that I had my first substantive encounter with the thought of Paul Tillich (1886-1965). In the autumn of his passing I recall a class discussion exploring...

(8/1/23) O Lover, Yet again, how shall I hold in my awareness, as well as communicate, You—unnameable, undepictable, unimaginable? How can I assuage this itch, this draw, this propensity to ensnare You with language,...