Spiritual experience

Christians sometimes wonder, debate, and pray about the salvation of non-Christians. An answer to this question by Wilfred Cantwell Smith was that if it takes faith to be saved, then those are saved whose central affirmation is, “I take refuge in the Buddha. I take refuge in the dharma (teaching). I …

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Prayer allows the hungry heart to express itself and to be transformed.  Prayer processes desire; we honestly express our feelings and then let God change them.  In the light of that transformation, prayer gives way to thanksgiving, and thanksgiving carries us like an updraft that birds catch as …

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As it dawns on us that prayer addresses the God of all creation, we realize that being a good son or daughter and friend means being responsible for our side of the relationship.  When there is time and need for a thorough prayer process, we do not content ourselves with a quick glance “above” to …

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God is above us and yet close to each one of us.  His love surrounds us and indwells us.  We may aspire to center our lives on God without realizing that his spirit is the center of our very being.  Awareness of the indwelling presence of the eternal God adds meaning to the thought that spiritual …

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