I like this extension of yesterday's piece.
...Tutu's epistemology claims that a person knows other deeper realities such as God and community only by acknowledging and participating in these realities through prayer, meditation, and worship. Tutu's appeal to the mystery of the divine life is not an appeal to ignorance but more specifically to the mystery of persons in God and creation.
We are invited to be engaged with the world around us. We do that as Tutu notes "through prayer, meditation and worship." I immediately thought of some of the hymns we sing in worship. Good hymn writers take on the day and use the images of the world - the whole world - and tie them into the mystery of God with us. Some of the lines of the poetry in hymns move us beyond any fixed conclusions. In many ways, science is one way that we begin to play and pray within the mystery of God's creation. We do it in hymns and that seems alright. We do it in poetic biblical imagery and that is alright. Odd that many say no when science plays with the grand and wonder-filled mystery. No matter what science uncovers...mystery is always present. That is in itself a witness to the wideness and depth of God's creativity.
Connection: I find this to be a very important aspect of all the discussions we are having in the church about GLBT saints. My God continues to gift us with the ability to uncover more and more of the truthfulness of God's creation. We are not assigned the job of limiting that truthfulness.
Be our Light, O God. There are too many days when darkness attempts to rule over the bright light that you have sent into the world. Continue to shine on us and be our path. Amen.
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