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Wordless Word

Wordless Word

Posted on April 10, 2020 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with direct experience, God, loneliness, Tao

I find I would rather apprehend the knowable unknowable than attempt to put Logos into words.

Some things are better lived than said.

“Some things are more important than words,” Marigold said to Guy. “Some things only shrink into little shells when you try to describe them.”

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Describe the Indescribable: Go

Describe the Indescribable: Go

Posted on July 25, 2013 Posted in God and the Tao, Parent Tagged with fear, God, love, magic

The other night, King Sturdy wasn’t tired at bedtime because he’d had a late nap, and also because he was scared of the lion and the tiger in his room. I am not about to …

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It’s Personal

It’s Personal

Posted on January 28, 2012 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with God, love, metaphysics, ontology, personhood

On page 12 of Going Home, Thich Nhat Hanh said this: When we ask, ‘Is God a person or is God not a person,’ we get lost. In fact, God is not a person, and God …

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Not a Fib

Not a Fib

Posted on January 23, 2011 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with ancient Israel, epistemology, God, mythology, sacred, science, stories, transformation

This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …

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The Person They Are

The Person They Are

Posted on October 22, 2009 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with faith, God, personhood, Tao, transformation

I can see why they call it the Tao. I can see why the Bible says God makes it rain on the righteous and wicked alike: everywhere, there’s this law, this boarding pass to another …

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Mixed Lineage

Mixed Lineage

Posted on October 5, 2009 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with appropriation, belonging, Christianity, colonialism, community, direct experience, God, Islam, Judaism, love, non-native, scripture, stories

This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …

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If my children were fairy tale characters, they'd be King Sturdy and Shortshanks. I'd be the Master Maid. As for the mister, he'd be Boots of course.

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