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We saw yesterday that Julian, like Aquinas before her and like Genesis one, finds a deep and primary goodness in nature. She frequently refers to
Recently, Rabbi Michael Lerner offered a reminder that “Hanukkah is not just for Jews.” I agree. Great feast days of all the world’s religions invariably
We are exploring the Christian tradition for what it has to teach us about an unsentimental Christmas and a pre-capitalist Christmas and a sense of
A long history in Christianity proposes that Christmas and Advent are about our birth as other Christs, Cosmic Christs, sons and daughters of God. Amidst
Are Advent and Christmas meant to be reminders of Divinity and the Christ being born in us? Meister Eckhart invokes Clement of Alexander who writes: “The baptized,
We are meditating with Meister Eckhart on a deeper and more adult understanding of Advent and Christmas, and how both commemorate how humans are to
For Meister Eckhart, the meaning of Christmas is our being born as the sons or daughters of God. He says: It would mean little to
Longing and waiting are integral to Advent, a time of awaiting a cosmic-shattering birth—our own and the Christ born in us. When Julian talks about love—including
Julian (1342-c.1429) develops a feminist theology that includes the Motherhood of God the Creator, God the Liberator, and God the Spirit more fully than any
An early name for Christ, celebrated at the solstice time, was “Sol justitiae,” the “Light of Justice” that arrives anew each year. It would be
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