A friend’s recent experience reminded me of Steerforth in Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield. He was a charming, good-looking, multi-talented senior boy when a desperate young David escaped his abusive stepfather and, with the aid of a spinster aunt, got into a good school. New boys are normally treated very badly but Steerforth, for whatever reason, cast […]
“Lord, you have taken me through a story that is completely unorthodox and embarrassingly anthropomorphic. What am I to make of that?” I am not interested in what you make of it (or) in conforming My account to your prior, fixed beliefs. Be more specific in your future questions. I am using literal language because […]
“Lord, are those moments of union with God the goal or are they just nice accompaniments?” Neither. You shouldn’t strive for moments of union per se, for peak experiences. That is self-indulgence, and a mistake of some who seek mystical experience. It is like orgasms—you should not seek them for their own sake. That is […]
