Tag: personification

Soul School – Lesson 43: Locating Hell & Heaven – CS Lewis

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Today is SOUL SCHOOL. It comes to you EACH WEDNESDAY.
(aka Midweek or “hump day”)

What do we mean, if anything, by the words heaven and hell outside of post-mortem propositions?

Could the concepts mean something for us in this world, before we die? Something about our state of mind or how we live?

I found an intriguing podcast episode about CS Lewis’ short book The Great Divorce on the Kindling Podcast and I wanted to share a piece of it with you as well as some of my own thoughts. Please listen to the whole Kindlings episode linked below when you get the chance. I hope you like this installment of Soul School. Pass it on to someone who might like it too.

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• The Kindling Muse Podcast with Earl Palmer The Great Divorce: An Imaginary Story by C.S. Lewis

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Soul School – Lesson 37: Moving BEYOND Personification

Welcome to SOUL SCHOOL – a bit of nourishment for your inner world.

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When I was little, I pictured God as an old white man with a white beard, just like I had seen in paintings. He was mostly scary. He could be very loving and kind, but he also had a bad temper and would deal out very harsh punishments (just like my dad did, strangely enough. Well, it’s not strange at all, really.) Children have a hard time picturing the abstract, so pictures and stories can help, but they only take us so far. Spiritual growth and personal growth demand more.

Here, just the Father's beard could wipe out planet Earth

Today, I’ll talk about moving beyond how we tend, even as adults, to personify God much like children do with rabbits in storybooks. Please pass along the episode to someone else and chat about it with your friends. Or contact me with your thoughts, if you’d like.

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