http://rodericksrambles.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/the-paradox-of-presence/ Philip Roderick rambles on about spirituality, his vision and passions, and maybe where he has recently "fallen totally in love with and simply must live"! Thu, 15 May 2008 21:53:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://rodericksrambles.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/the-paradox-of-presence/#comment-90 jameswillisisthebest Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:36:56 +0000 http://rodericksrambles.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/the-paradox-of-presence/#comment-90 This is my first post just saying HI This is my first post
just saying HI

]]> http://rodericksrambles.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/the-paradox-of-presence/#comment-75 susan BP Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:12:18 +0000 http://rodericksrambles.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/the-paradox-of-presence/#comment-75 interiority is a challenge for us in our materialistic 'outside' culture, a crucial step to truly holistic living, but it is also crucial (cross shaped)to marry that with care for the marginalised and how can a new community like CF do that? Are we doing it at all yet? interiority is a challenge for us in our materialistic ‘outside’ culture, a crucial step to truly holistic living, but it is also crucial (cross shaped)to marry that with care for the marginalised and how can a new community like CF do that? Are we doing it at all yet?

]]> http://rodericksrambles.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/the-paradox-of-presence/#comment-41 Nicky Matthews Sun, 13 May 2007 09:13:01 +0000 http://rodericksrambles.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/the-paradox-of-presence/#comment-41 For the past 2 years I have been journeying towards the contempletive life. I now find myself in an extreamly trying time and have found that the hallowing of each moment has enabled me to deal with things that in previous times I would just have walked away from. Jesus is more tangibly there in each moment. I am finding that it is because of the interiority of my walk with Christ that the outward walk of compassion is made possible. Without it, without Him, I have no hope of real compassion. For the past 2 years I have been journeying towards the contempletive life. I now find myself in an extreamly trying time and have found that the hallowing of each moment has enabled me to deal with things that in previous times I would just have walked away from. Jesus is more tangibly there in each moment. I am finding that it is because of the interiority of my walk with Christ that the outward walk of compassion is made possible. Without it, without Him, I have no hope of real compassion.

]]> http://rodericksrambles.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/the-paradox-of-presence/#comment-40 susan bowden-pickstock Fri, 11 May 2007 15:41:12 +0000 http://rodericksrambles.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/the-paradox-of-presence/#comment-40 I too feel called to and find it much easier to take time off to listen and feel and experience reality, but am simply at the edges yet. I can now practise the presence in Brother Lawrence fashion, enjoying a sacred moment of leaves in sunshine or children laughing; they are brief moments but inform my life far beyond the moment. it is a hard but rewarding task to undo the action-is-all ethic. I too feel called to and find it much easier to take time off to listen and feel and experience reality, but am simply at the edges yet. I can now practise the presence in Brother Lawrence fashion, enjoying a sacred moment of leaves in sunshine or children laughing; they are brief moments but inform my life far beyond the moment. it is a hard but rewarding task to undo the action-is-all ethic.

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