Thomas a’ Kempis is part of a renewal movement (The Brothers Of The Common Life) in the Catholic tradition before the Reformation. From God: Alone you cannot do it; alone, I will not. I.e. we must work together to see you transformed. Thomas loved to
Bernard’s Four Degrees Of Love Love Of Self For Self’s Sake Love Of God For Self’s Sake Love Of God For God’s Sake Love Of Self For God’s Sake When we can rejoice in God, and rejoice in ourselves, we have come into the fullness
I just returned from a one-day, round trip flight to Pennsylvania for my great uncle Ben’s funeral. He had asked that I would sing at his service, so despite my classes and work, I wasn’t going to miss it. He was a great man —
Anthropologists have discovered in all rites of passage that there are three stages of process: Separation: Leaving the familiar, the exodus Liminality: A marginal stage, limbo, tension, shaping, regular rules don’t apply, the wilderness (from liminus, meaning threshhold) Re-Incorporation: Re-joining a community, crossing a threshold,
