Chaos, Crisis, and the Pursuit of the Vision of God (Why Contemplation is Revolutionary, Part Seven)

HIldegard of Bingen, who pursued the vision of God

This is part of a series on “Why Contemplation is Revolutionary.” If you want to start at the beginning, follow this link:The Archbishop and the Community Theologian.

The other day, I wrote this about contemplation:

It’s really just practice in a new way of seeing.”Simply seeing things in a new light — this is what contemplation is,” remarked Brian D. McLaren in his bookA Generous Orthodoxy. He’s right. Then there’s Richard Rohr, who describes c...