knowing God

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Prayer is God’s work

Ruth Burrows, Carmelite sister

Mar 22, 2012 by Amy Frykholm

“There is the danger of protecting ourselves from God by striving to be passive. The ‘I’ is very active in its attempt to surrender.”

Living by the Word

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Psalm 139:1–6, 13–18

Aug 16, 2010 by Patrick J. Willson

John Calvin grounded our need to know God in our createdness: "What is the chief end of human life?" he asked, and answered, "To know God by whom we were created." This yearning is not the same as our need to "know" other human beings.

From the Editors

Cosmic design

Leaving God in the gaps
Sep 06, 2005
Controversies over the teaching of evolution are back in the news. President Bush and a prominent Catholic cardinal have lent their support to the teaching of “intelligent design,” a purportedly scientific alternative to Darwin’s theory of natural selection.