GOD-centric Interior Spiritual Disciplines:
To live in a good and fair God of love
Awesome Mystery
~ Symeon the New Theologian
What is this awesome mystery that is taking place within me?
I can find no words to express it; my poor hand is unable to capture it in describing the praise and glory that belong to the One who is above all praise, and who transcends every word.
My intellect sees what has happened, but it cannot explain it.
It can see, and wishes to explain, but can find no word that will suffice; for what it sees is invisible and entirely formless, simple, completely uncompounded, unbounded in its awesome greatness.
What I have seen is the totality recapitulated as one, received not in essence but by participation.
Just as if you lit a flame from a flame, it is the whole flame you receive.
(Eastern Orthodox)
| Thinking a Thought Whole |
| My Catholic Imagination |
| My Catholic Questions |
| The Nicene Creed |
| Religious Traditions |
| Philosophy of Religion |
| Social Sciences & Religion |
| Stages of Faith |
| The Lazarus Life |
| No Golden Fleece |
| Judaism |
| Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Protestantism |
| Islam |
| Hinduism |
| Buddhism |
| Taoism |
| Baha'i |
| Unitarian (& Quaker) Universalism |
| Liberal Christianity |
| New Age, New Thought, New Anything |
| Perennial Philosophy |
| Arguments for God’s Existence |
| Qualities of God |
| Wagers: Aurelius vs. Pascal |
| Faith & Reason |
| The Problem of Evil |
| Process Theology & Theistic Existentialism |
| Non-God Statement |
| GOD-centric Statement |
| Are you really GOD-centric? |
| Intra-Religious Conversation |
| Conversation with the Non GOD-centric |
| Rules of Inter-Religious Conversation |
| Inter-Religious Conversation |
| The Eternal Question of God |
| The Eternal Question of Humanity |
| The Eternal Question of Life |
| Ending with a Bang, Not a Whimper |
| Closing Thoughts |
| The GOD-centric Process in 10 Easy Steps |
| Preface |
| Ch. 1 Music & Arts |
| Ch. 2 Praying the Hours |
| Ch. 3 Contemplative Prayer |
| Ch. 4 Prayers & Poetry |
| Ch. 5 Lectio Divina |
| Ch. 6 Reading for Study |
| Music |
| Arts |
| Prayers of Adoration |
| Prayers of Petition |
| Prayers of Intercession |
| Prayers of Thanksgiving |
| Preface |
| Introduction |
| Ch. 1 Simplicity |
| Ch. 2 Service |
| Ch. 3 Stewardship |
| Ch. 4 Celebration |
| Epilogue |
| From GOD-centric to GOOD-centric |
| From Panendeist to De Facto Atheist |
| A Note to Non-GOD-centric Christian Believers |
| GOOD-centric Statement: Upon This Rock I Stand |
| Freedom from Complexity |
| Absence of Luxury, Pretentiousness, Ornament |
| GOOD-centric Guiding Principles: Simplicity |
| Education |
| Economics |
| GOOD-centric Guiding Principles: Service |
| Fairness in Education |
| Goodness in Education |
| Love in Education |
| Fairness in Economics |
| Goodness in Economics |
| Love in Economics |
| Environment |
| Animal Welfare |
| GOOD-centric Guiding Principles Stewardship |
| Fairness for the Environment |
| Goodness for the Environment |
| Love for the Environment |
| Fairness for Animals |
| Goodness for Animals |
| Love for Animals |
| GOD-centric to GOOD-centric |
| GOD-centric vs. GOOD-centric |
| GOD-centric & GOOD-centric |
| Devotional |
| UnDevotional |
| January |
| February |
| March |
| April |
| May |
| June |
| July |
| August |
| September |
| October |
| November |
| December |
| UnJanuary |
| UnFebruary |
| UnMarch |
| UnApril |
| UnMay |
| UnJune |
| UnJuly |
| UnAugust |
| UnSeptember |
| UnOctober |
| UnNovember |
| UnDecember |