poem – black flag theology

“Go to the Limits of Your Longing” by Rainer Maria Rilke

God speaks to each of us as we are made,then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear:You, sent out beyond your recall,go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. Flare up like a flameand make big shadows I can move in. Let everything happen to you:beautyContinue reading ““Go to the Limits of Your Longing” by Rainer Maria Rilke”

i hear you call, apophatic theology

I Hear You Call, Pine Tree by Yone Noguch I hear you call, pine tree, I hear you upon the hill, by the silent pond where the lotus flowers bloom, I hear you call, pine tree. What is it you call, pine tree, when the rain falls, when the winds blow, and when the starsContinue reading “i hear you call, apophatic theology”