"God is present by Love alone. By Love alone He is great and glorious. By Love alone He liveth and feeleth in other persons…. The Soul is shrivelled up and buried in a grave that does not know Love. But that which does love wisely and truly is the joy and end of all the world….
Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: Our Love to others, and others’ Love to us. …
You are as prone to love, as the sun is to shine."
- Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditations (ca. 1670)
Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: Our Love to others, and others’ Love to us. …
You are as prone to love, as the sun is to shine."
- Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditations (ca. 1670)
Or alternately:
"There is only Love. Everything else is our resistance to it."
- Terces Engleheart
- Terces Engleheart
My favorite part about exploring different churches and faiths is that it really all boils down to the same answers to the same questions: everyone's final answer is some form of the above. (Note to Amanda: the first came from a 'Burg Presbyterian service.) My goal is to find something that gets the above, which is probably going to be a way different experience than exploring in the South. My Northern adventures begin with a Baptist Church downtown (my family is SBC, so I'm at least prepared), and cheers for culturally-rich Sunday mornings!
Or pretty soon I'm going to wind up in Hipster Village learning Buddhism. I mean, I'm open to new things.
So Philly has over a million people and hundreds of churches, which means I should average like 18 services a week?
If there's a Congregational Church, you should definitely check that out. That's what I grew up as and what I go to down here. I'm a bit partial :-)
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