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Sessions
References
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“GOD. Not an emotion, a
stir within us, but a power, a marvel beyond us, tearing the world apart.
The word that means more than universe, more than eternity, holy, holy,
holy; we cannot comprehend it. We only know it means infinitely more than
we are able to echo. Staggered, embarrassed, we stammer and say: He, who
is more than all there is, who speaks through the ineffable, whose
question is more than our minds can answer; He to whom our life can be the
spelling of an answer.”
- Abraham Heschel,
Man is Not Alone,
p. 78
Abraham Heschel
(1907-1972) was Professor of Ethics and Mysticism at the
Jewish Theological
Seminary of America, and was internationally renowned as a
scholar, author, and civil rights activist. Many consider him the most
significant Jewish theologian of the 20th century. His works
have appealed to Jews and Christians alike. The Rev. Richard John Neuhaus,
president of the Institute on Religion and Public Life, has written “For
Jews and Christians beyond numbering, Abraham Joshua Heschel was a
spiritual mentor who changed our lives in ways that we are still trying to
understand.”
Dr. Heschel’s book
Man is Not Alone
is a profound and poetic examination of how we sense God’s presence,
explore it, accept it, and build a life upon it. In a three part series
from November 14, 2004 to December 12, 2004, we explored some of Dr.
Heschel’s spiritual insights, and discussed how they impact our Christian
journeys.
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