It was a joy to welcome back Dr. Richard Beck as we begin a new series which will unfold over the coming weeks through the fall. In an age of dis-enchantment and skepticism, we invite you to join us on this journey to reawaken a sense of wonder and grow in attentiveness to the presence of God that we may often miss, even when it’s right in front of us.
Dr. Richard Beck’s book, Hunting Magic Eels: Recovering an Enchanted Faith in a Skeptical Age, which will help to guide the series is available HERE
Follow along with the series as we gather each week Downtown and on the West Side, and at Worship Table, our new online experience which is hosted on our Youtube channel.
The Worship Table: Online Liturgy
Live Teaching Podcast
Scripture
Acts 14: 15-17
Quotations
“We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent, and God is shining though it all the time. This is not just a fable or a nice story. It is true. If we abandon ourselves to God and forget ourselves, we see it sometimes, and we see it maybe frequently. God manifests everywhere, in everything — in people and in things and in nature and in events. It becomes very obvious that He is everywhere and in everything and we cannot be without Him. You cannot be without God it’s impossible. It’s simply impossible. The only thing is that we don’t see it.”
- Thomas Merton
“It has seemed to me sometimes as though the Lord breathes on this poor gray ember of Creation and it turns to radiance - for a moment or a year or the span of a life. And then it sinks back into itself again, and to look at it no one would know it had anything to do with fire, or light .... Wherever you turn your eyes the world can shine like transfiguration. You don't have to bring a thing to it except a little willingness to see. Only, who could have the courage to see it?”
- Marilynne Robinson, Gilead