AlreadyWithin

Resurrection is as earthy, local and intimate as our sweat and blood, our dreams and nightmares, our drives and passions. It is as real as whatever or whoever drives and drains us, draws and drags us. Resurrection, in fact, is the deepest meaning of everything that brings a smile to our face, a tear to our eyes, a vitality to our bodies, a softness to our voices and a tenderness to our touch. Resurrection is as real as that. […]

Echoes of Intimacy The Risen Christ told St Theresa that he needed her eyes to look with love on people and places. ‘The real aim’, wrote Simone Weil, ‘is not to see God in all things; it is that God, through us, should see the things that we can see.’ And touch the things that we can touch. And hear the things that we can hear. The theological giant Karl Barth, somewhat infatuated with the […]