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The Spirituality of How We Think About God (2)

admin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:00:51 +0000

Today, we conclude this short, 2-week lesson looking at how we think about God. Our “God-as-Person” metaphor, we see, limits our spirituality. We’re looking at a more expansive spirituality available to us when transcend our historical tendency to explain God with too much precision.

As we dismantle our images of God, reform them, in the process, we awaken to a new dimension of spiritual experience.
Have a listen!
Doug

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The Spirituality of How We Think About God (1)

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:00:18 +0000

Today, we begin a short lesson together (only two weeks) in which we look at what comes to our minds when we use the word “God.” Usually, it’s a super-big-and-wonderful Person, a King, a Parent, a Bridegroom, a Righteous Judge. These are all metaphors for God found in the Bible that have found their way into the unconscious assumptions of many of us.

However, an interesting thing happens when we frame an image of God in our mind. We limit our experience of the Beyond-Our-Faculties-To-Comprehend, Divine to that which fits into our fixed mental image.

Today we look at dismantling our images.
Have a listen!
Doug

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