On the Road to Emmaus

Meditations, musings and traveler’s tales…

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Love is How We Open to Life (Principles and Practices for the Spiritual Life, Part 1d)

2 July, 2010 (14:55) | Spiritual Theology | No comments

There are two general postures toward life: open or closed. The former is characterized by the risk, passion, wonder and joy of giving one’s self in a whole and undivided way. We reach beyond the encroachment of our self-contained shell by engaging with the people and experiences of life. In these experiences, we necessarily give [...]

A Biblical Concept of God Gives Rise to Lament Not Apathy

25 January, 2010 (15:57) | Psalms, Theodicy (Evil and Suffering) | 2 comments

In the atmosphere of contemporary Western Christianity, when someone voices a lament with the intensity frequently found in the Psalms, it is not uncommon for them to be looked at aghast or derided for their deficient faith and concept of God, which has produced such a so-called absence of trust. “If you really knew who [...]