Apr 9, 20231 minHumilityOne of the ways in which the world tyrannizes Christ is found precisely in its demand that people explain and justify their lives...
Apr 8, 20231 minAnd Especially To NothingIf you are not in some sense living in a desert, then your life has no practical advantage to living anywhere else on earth. If you are...
Apr 3, 20231 minPersonal Myths...and this is precisely when troubles arise. Because for most people they start to dwell on the experience in such a way that instead...
Mar 30, 20231 minWithout A TaskThere can be absolutely no doubt: Christian contemplative experience is thoroughly scandalous. It does not aim for this, but it is...
Mar 18, 20231 minMissed-CommunicationBeing open to the experience of God in the midst of people who only think in terms of accomplishing things exteriorly, is to be summoned...
Mar 9, 20231 minContemplative RealityThe community of the direct experience of God - contemplatives. This means those who share the lived experience, even though they are...
Mar 7, 20231 minOnly Another DistractionWhen it comes to breaking out of the highly manipulated fiction of the modern church there have been innumerable social attempts to...
Mar 3, 20231 minThe Tail Wags The DogIn reality it is the hierarchy and the clergy and the middle-class people of any denomination are the ones who set the policies and...
Feb 22, 20231 minClaiming To Be Wise...The established social power structures (principalities) includes the churches. You simply have to accept these uncritically in order to...
Feb 14, 20231 minEnculturationIt is a sad fact that throughout history and today many who wish to portray themselves as solitaries or contemplatives are in some...