Saint John of the Cross has for many years been one of my favorite mystics, one of the ones I connect with the most. He understands what it is like to be in the dark night. He understands what it feels like to be taken apart in the hands of God. I read his book, […]
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Note: I wrote this in response to a fellow student’s posting from the mystics class. I believe we tend to sense God more deeply in the darkness because we cannot rely on our five physical senses and must therefore rely on that deeper intuition that God is nearby. We must reach out for him with
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This week in our mystics class, we are reading Augustine of Hippo, Teresa of Avila, and C.S. Lewis. I love these three mystics and I really enjoyed reading them together. One of the reasons I like this class so much is that the people in my group are asking similar questions. We don’t necessarily need
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A friend of mine and I were driving back tonight from a play in McMinville we had attended with others from the Pentacle Theatre. On our way home, he asked about my story and what has made me who I am today. I shared with him some of the process of transformation and healing that
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Phew! I just finished my monthly editing for Western Friend. It’s my favorite issue so far! Great articles. I have been thinking a lot lately about the movements of my life these last five years. Between the reunion, dance show, reading, and small group tonight, I have new language to think about, to ponder on.
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The reunion at George Fox was fantastic! I didn’t really know what to expect but was thrilled with the break out sessions they had. After the meeting all together downstairs, you had the choice of professors you could go hear speak about various topics, take a break, and go to another. Many of my friends
Today at Richmond, I was working on the inventory while Adria was showing her classes a video about the book fair. One of the lines in the video is, “Sometimes you have to step into the darkness to see the light.” I really liked that quote as it is exactly one of the things Adria
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Spending three days at the Richmond Elementary library was a gift from God to me. I have been so busy lately over my head in projects that I have taken no time whatsoever to sit with God. Of course there is the time at church but meeting is rarely when I go deep. And not
A few days ago I was talking to a Friend (which means Quaker when the “F” is capitalized) on the telephone and she asked me a question I have been thinking about in the back of my mind ever since. (I did talk about it with her too.) It brought to a point some things
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