Yielding To Christianity

Jan van Ruusbroec (1293-1381): “A person is, however, like a double mirror, receiving images on both sides, for in the higher part of his being he receives God with all his gifts and in the lower part he receives corporeal images through the senses. Now he can turn inward whenever he wishes and so practice righteousness without hindrance. But in this life a person is inconstant and accordingly often turns outward; without necessity or the… Continue reading →

In these seemingly endless rhythms of earth and sky, God has constructed a huge metaphor, an image of His depth and largeness and constancy, reassuring us from day to day and year to year. As CS Lewis wrote: “The huge dome of the sky is of all things sensuously perceived the most like infinity. And when God made space and worlds that move in space, clothed our world with air, and gave us such eyes… Continue reading →