Anamchara • Carl McColman

Anamchara • Carl McColman

Silence and Words are Like Yin and Yang: a Contemplative Spirituality Needs Both

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Carl McColman
Dec 26, 2018
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How does language help us — or hinder us — as we try to express our understanding of God — probably the most inexpressible subject imaginable?

We adults can really get lost in our God-talk (the word “theology”? All it means is “God-talk”).

I love to talk to children about God — and about angels and spirits. I love it when they’re young enough that they do…

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