Tag: my bright abyss

• God as an annihilating silence

  Annihilate (verb): destroy utterly; obliterate; defeat Christian Wiman describes God as an “annihilating silence” in My Bright Abyss. What does Wiman mean by this?  That God is a soundless, destructive force?  That God is an unapprehensible energy moving among us?  Or, that God is a SILENCE that can destroy all the NOISE of our life, all the…

  Teri

  August 24, 2017

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  christian wiman, my bright abyss, silence, spirituality, Who is God?, writing

• Troubling the Tyranny of the Ordinary

  Reading and reflecting upon Christian Wiman’s book, My Bright Abyss, has become my latest meditation practice. These words were perfect for me today: “Heading home from work, irritated by my busyness and the sense of wasted days, shouldering through the strangers who merge and flow together on Michigan Avenue, merge and flow in the mirrored…

  Teri

  May 20, 2017

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  Bored with Life, Busyness, christian wiman, Finding God, my bright abyss, paying attention, poetry, Searching for God, The sacred ordinary

• Love is always reaching for more

  In his book, My Bright Abyss, Christian Wiman writes: “In any true love—a mother’s for her child, a husband’s for his wife, a friend’s for a friend—there is an excess energy that always wants to be in motion. Moreover, it seems to move not simply from one person to another but through them, toward something…

  Teri

  March 24, 2017

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  children, christian wiman, love, love reaching for more, loving my child, motherhood, my bright abyss, parenting, true love