Tag Archives: mysticism

A Few Minutes of Worship

Posted on November 15, 2014 by ehurst

I have crappy days, too. Would it surprise you? Much of my ranting about the Germanic mythology and the sour mood in things like Beowulf arises from having inherited a major dose of that sourness. That is, I live with … Continue reading →

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Virtually Connected

Posted on November 14, 2014 by ehurst

(More on the peculiarities of this ministry.) We are held together by a most gossamer thread. So far as I know, none of the members have met in the flesh. A handful of us chat through services like Facebook. A … Continue reading →

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Babylon is Fallen

Posted on November 12, 2014 by ehurst

Babylon is fallen, but has not collapsed. Babylon is the fallen world of human commerce, of human achievement. It symbolizes unjust dominance and all the trappings of oppression. Dominance is not evil in itself because it’s essential to human nature … Continue reading →

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Tools of the Heart

Posted on November 11, 2014 by ehurst

It does make a difference, but it’s not paramount. There is a sense in which human awareness is the primary field of operations for what God does in this world. Yet, human intellect is not what sets us apart from … Continue reading →

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Eat Fear

Posted on November 10, 2014 by ehurst

Fear. It is easily the single presiding factor in human decision. Christian religion does not make fear a sin; that’s a cultural fable. Faith pulls fear in and drowns it, overwhelms it with love and commitment. Love and commitment are … Continue reading →

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Spiritual OpSec

Posted on November 9, 2014 by ehurst

Terminology first: spiritual — relating to matters of the Spirit Realm; OpSec — broadly recognized as a bureaucratic acronym for Operational Security, those considerations that help to protect some operation from interference and hindrance from any source, whether internal/external, natural/artificial, … Continue reading →

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A Little Scholarship, Please — Part 2

Posted on November 6, 2014 by ehurst

We are the bride of Christ. You can’t make a parable walk on all-fours, but symbols are chosen for a reason. The most manly shepherd in the Kingdom of Heaven still has to understand the bride’s perspective on things. You … Continue reading →

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Party Like Heaven Came Down

Posted on November 4, 2014 by ehurst

The Holy Spirit is my publicity agent. My message here has little appeal to mainstream Christian believers as a whole. They are not my target audience. It’s not that nothing I write has anything to teach them. On the contrary; … Continue reading →

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Making Room in the Heart

Posted on November 2, 2014 by ehurst

To compromise is human; to forgive is divine. One of the most pernicious effects of Western logic is imputing to God a perfectionist ethic. This is blasphemous. His Law Covenants are loaded with compromise. Jesus noted that Moses permitted divorce, … Continue reading →

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Universalist Logic

Posted on October 30, 2014 by ehurst

Walk in the light you have. I’m not here to dictate orthodoxy for others; I can only relate to you what I’ve experienced. Theology as commonly done among Western Christians is wholly misleading because it pretends certitude here in this … Continue reading →

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