A Generous Orthodoxy

[Rick Henry]

Dear John,

Thank you very much for your witness. It was most helpful to me as I read and considered such things as an English Anglicanism and Russian Orthdoxism, and now as a result, as I think back to my question:

'What is it that determines where we assemble together, where we worship, and where we minister from as a home base? What determines our association with a particular local church? What determines when/where we go and when/where we stay?'

I am brought to the words of St. Gregory Palamas who said:

Quote:Because the Deity is goodness itself, true mercy and an abyss of loving bounty--or, rather, He is that which embraces and contains this abyss, since He transcends every name that is named and everything we can conceive--we can receive mercy only by union with Him.

And, as I consider the fact that 'He transcends every name, and all that we can conceive,' this spurs me to consider the possibility for us to also transcend all divisions in Christ by means of this same 'loving bounty.'

But, there is a return to the quest and question(s) from this place. Yes, 'union with Him.'

I hope your journey on Sunday is a heavenly one John.


In Christ,
Rick