A Blog by LeRoy Friesen
[“(God) brought things into being in order that (God’s) goodness might be communicated to creatures, and be represented by them; and because (God’s) goodness could not be adequately represented by one creature alone, (God) produced...
[“You duped me, O LORD, and I let myself be duped. You were too strong for me, and You triumphed. . . . If I say, ‘I will not mention God, nor speak any...
O Lover, In this summer of ’23 I have been becoming more familiar with the theme of advaíta (neither-two-nor-one, non-seconded, non-dualism) from the Hindu Vedantic tradition. Bernard McGinn in his Modern Mysticism guided me...
[“God is a being than which none greater can be imagined. A being that necessarily exists in reality is greater than a being that does not necessarily exist” (Anselm [c.1033-1109], Proslógium).] O Lover, My...
[“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...