The spiritual quest is an awakening. Most of the people you meet on the street, regardless of their status or achievements are asleep. But the Christian spiritual life is about being awake –– about having a "dawn" within us. It is about being conscious of the numinous, aware and attentive to the mysterious presence of God –– to the poetic, or divine life. This series of podcasts, concludes with this 52nd episode. I may come back later to answer some frequently as...
18 Apr 2023
51 The Quest / The Beloved Community
This episode continues to explore Christian spirituality as a spirituality in which community is essential, and faces squarely the reality that there are times when the church is neither beloved nor community ––times in which the institutions church has, in the name of Christ, perpetuated evil. How are those consecrated to the Christ, the Sacred Page, and the Beloved Community to respond?
11 Apr 2023
50 The Quest / The Beloved Community
Looks at the church, when it is truly the church, as community –– The Beloved Community of Christ. Did Jesus intend to create a church? What about the terrible things done by the church as established authority? Can I just be a Christian at large? Was Thomas Merton, the modern Christian mystics correct in saying the church is the antidote to the sort of individualism that leads to human despair?
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