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We conclude this application of the ancient virtue of humility by thinking about God in a way that has less potential to bore us. As we’ve said, as soon as we reduce the un-reducible God to an image in our minds, we inevitably create a God that is not worthy of our life, our pursuits.

One of the casualties of lost humility is lost wonder and awe.  Let’s not do that, shall we? Continue reading →

Continuing from last week…

Humility is a precursor to awe and wonder which in turn, awaken us to a God too big to be reduced into a mental construct. This, it turns out, is a recipe for a religion that inspires us, surprises us, and draws us into the Way, Truth, and Life. This is Jesus’ god. It can be ours too.
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Humility, it turns out, is a precursor to awe and wonder. Awe and wonder, it turns out, awakens us to a God too big to be reduced into a mental construct. This, it turns out, is a recipe for a religion that inspires us, surprises us, and draws us into the Way, Truth, and Life. This is Jesus’ god. It can be ours too. Continue reading →