Comments on: Rahner might actually be talking to you in your dreams http://homebrewedchristianity.com/2009/11/20/rahner-might-actually-be-talking-to-you-in-your-dreams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rahner-might-actually-be-talking-to-you-in-your-dreams Equipping grassroots theologians for creative thinking, engaging, and living. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:55:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jo Ann W. Goodson http://homebrewedchristianity.com/2009/11/20/rahner-might-actually-be-talking-to-you-in-your-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-9778 Jo Ann W. Goodson Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:35:01 +0000 http://homebrewedchristianity.com/?p=2242#comment-9778 Yes, I would like to hear more about Rahner. Most folks when they hear the word Catholic they immediately turn from it. Yet it has been my experience that we can and must listen as they have much to teach us. I have learned much from some of the greats and some of our more moderns such as Henry Nouwen, Thomas Keating, and many others. "You are, as a person, an orientation toward the divine mystery, created to listen for and to that Word when spoken." I believe this with all my heart. In the video we hear that one central theme of Rahners is; that to be human is to be reaching out toward God, a transcending towards God as God is always there. God is not something or someone that we can get a hold of but as we go about our daily life, God is with us and when we simply make ourselves available to God we have experices that can never be taken from us. We can have these experiences any place and any time, not just in church or taking communion, etc. Grace must shape us. It must be in our own experiences and in our giving. We must offer Grace to others that both they and we can understand what it is all about. Grace is far more than just receiving or feeling something when we participate in the taking of communion or when we have a tragedy and feel and know God's presence. Grace must shape us and be part of our everyday living, giving and receiving. It was stated that we must do things differently, not be trapped in the old ways. This is what I to believe. I do not forsake the past and what I once believed, I have only added to it. My beliefs have been and still continue to be shaped daily. In my meditating and writing I try to articulate my beliefs not necessarily in concepts but in ways of articulating and living out what I have found to be true and think that is true, based on experience and affectiveness. Yes, I would like to hear more about Rahner. Most folks when they hear the word Catholic they immediately turn from it. Yet it has been my experience that we can and must listen as they have much to teach us. I have learned much from some of the greats and some of our more moderns such as Henry Nouwen, Thomas Keating, and many others.

“You are, as a person, an orientation toward the divine mystery, created to listen for and to that Word when spoken.”

I believe this with all my heart. In the video we hear that one central theme of Rahners is; that to be human is to be reaching out toward God, a transcending towards God as God is always there. God is not something or someone that we can get a hold of but as we go about our daily life, God is with us and when we simply make ourselves available to God we have experices that can never be taken from us. We can have these experiences any place and any time, not just in church or taking communion, etc.

Grace must shape us. It must be in our own experiences and in our giving. We must offer Grace to others that both they and we can understand what it is all about. Grace is far more than just receiving or feeling something when we participate in the taking of communion or when we have a tragedy and feel and know God’s presence. Grace must shape us and be part of our everyday living, giving and receiving.

It was stated that we must do things differently, not be trapped in the old ways. This is what I to believe. I do not forsake the past and what I once believed, I have only added to it. My beliefs have been and still continue to be shaped daily. In my meditating and writing I try to articulate my beliefs not necessarily in concepts but in ways of articulating and living out what I have found to be true and think that is true, based on experience and affectiveness.

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