We Are Loved
From before the beginning of creation, we have been and are loved by our Beloved. Since life is too hard without love, let us immerse ourselves therewith and therein.
Critical Eye: Only One Story
I have come to believe that there is only one story to be found in the best of fiction and in the best of spirituality. That is the story of the Christ: Birth, Death and Resurrection. For example, in the fiction of Louise Penny, in her series about Inspector Gamauche of the Surete in Quebec, popularly referred to as "the stories of Three Pines," the Inspector is the major hero, who is not only flawed, but enlightened. As in most fiction, all the characters can be seen as aspects of the author, which makes me wish I personally knew Ms. Penny. One of the most admirable aspects of the Inspector is his willingness to walk through the fire to reach the truth, in himself and in others. The village of Three Pines seems to represent heaven, in a very Celtic Way: All ground is holy ground, and any ground can be heaven or hell, depending on the awareness of the truth of those who can perceive it. It seems to exist both in time and outside of time. T...
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