Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. J.R.R. Tolkien How great is the love that the Father has lavished on us that we should be called the children of God and that is what we are. 1 John 3:1 *I’m over sixty now, and I’ve always had plenty of hair—a good foot …
Demons and the Divided Soul (Part 2 of 2)
If you haven’t already read Part 1, I urge you to do so. I broke this essay into pieces just to keep it from being too daunting to tackle as one long post, but this one will make a lot more sense alongside what we said last time. Plus, I encourage you to read the …
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Demons and the Divided Soul (Part 1)
I’ve experienced an uptick of spiritual assaults lately. It might not be more than usual. Maybe I’ve just been more aware of it or more vulnerable to it by token of my own divided heart. It’s well known that hell has committed a sizeable legion to my city, some are of Satan’s foot soldiers rage …
The Deepening Quality of Suffering (Avoiding Superficial Spirituality Part 10)
“No soul will ever grow deep in the spiritual life unless God works in that soul by means of the dark night.” This is a line from the famous poem called, The Dark Night of the Soul, which Saint John of the Cross wrote from his ten-by-six feet prison cell in which he was imprisoned …
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Opening to New Experiences (Avoiding Superficial Spirituality Part 9)
“Do not measure yourself by how much road you have covered thus far; rather measure with your eyes set on how much more there is in front of you.” (Jeanne Guyon wrote this to her cousin François Fénelon) For the last few weeks we’ve been talking about things that influence our spiritual depth: a sense …
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