by Doug Hammack | Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
In the last 90 years, our understanding of the fundamental nature of the universe has been turned on its ear. The line between two-ness and one-ness is getting really blurry. Light is two things (wave and particle)… or, light is one thing, expressed as wave and...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
To begin re-imagining God, let’s consider a couple of the absurd things Jesus taught. Love your neighbor with the same passion with which you love yourself. Love your enemies; pray for those who hurt or use you. These words aren’t absurd because they are difficult....
by Doug Hammack | Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
In the last post, we saw how we humans evolve to think of God as a being that exists outside of ourselves. It’s a very understandable process, but, as we will see, it’s not the way Jesus, Paul, or many of our saints imagined God. It is a very understandable process...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Humility insists we not latch on to any single image of God; even if it is a cherished one. Imagining that we can grasp the un-grasp-able is hubris of the highest order. Nevertheless, that’s what we Christians usually do. We confidently imagine God as a supreme...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
As we heard from Julian of Norwich (last post), when we experience God in and around everything, it changes our spiritual journeys. When we imagine God as a person, a guy who has friends, for example, we teeter in insecurity, wondering if we’ve done what it...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
All we have to talk about God are metaphors (last post). But God can’t be contained in any construct we can hold in our brains. This dichotomy invites us to revisit one of our most familiar metaphors for God; a “person.” Through the centuries, we...
