Over the past year I have been researching the early Church phenomenon of Gnosticism. I have found it a fascinating and helpful study in coming to understand the diverse nature of early Christianity and the dynamics behind it. I’m currently engaged with a course of lectures by Professor David Brakkie of the University of Ohio,…
The more I have considered the work of some very talented scientists, in particular Jude Currivan PhD and Dr Donald Hoffman, the more I am coming to be persuaded that the nature of the universe is Holographic. This theory has credibility with scientists from institutions such as Cambridge, Princeton and Columbia. Currivan more cautiously uses…
The human intellect, even the greatest intellect, is fallible and and limited when facing the immense nature of a limitless universe. Wisdom on the other hand has little relationship to the intellect. Wisdom doesn’t process problems through rational, deductive logic, but rather utilises and guides the intellect In the process of knowing and understanding. The…
I have recently learned of a Franciscan movement that existed for a short time after the death of St Francis, called the ‘Fraticelli’. The Fraticelli (Italian for “Little Brethren”) or ‘Spiritual Franciscans’ who desired to live more closely to the original ideal of poverty, as lived by St Francis (and dare I say St Clare…
The Cathars of Languedoc have been very near to my mind and heart since I first heard about them in 2011, and then started learning more about them in recent years. My sense of closeness to this medieval group has grown considerably in the past few months. This is not because of their creed or…
I am reading a book called Setting God Free by Fr Sean O’Laoire, an Irish Catholic priest who is spiritual director to a community of lay people in California called Companions on the Journey. He is a beautiful soul; a radical, imaginative, intelligent and compassionate man who is deeply respected by many people across many…