Wow, this piece has so much to it that I have too many thoughts in my head and don't feel like I can organize them into a blog haha. I must say, well done Professor Corrigan. I feel like there was a lot of truth to what you said and a lot of stuff I didn't fully understand as well. But all in all, I left with a lot of food for thought.
This piece got me to thinking of all the ways darkness can enter our lives, kind of like how Corrigan expressed in his work. Darkness can be self-inflicted or could come from an outer source. But I love how Corrigan linked it to hope...and also doubt and faith. It is all a matter of how we respond to our darkness or doubt that will determine our hope and faith.
The question “Where is God?”
is much different from “Where is God in the
darkness?”
I like that statement. I think we can get so trapped in giving the Christian answer. But if we take the time to actually ask ourselves these hard questions and think about them before responding, we will learn to be much more truthful with ourselves and with God. I am one of those people who likes to avoid the hard questions. During my God time, I will sometimes have music on when I know I need to just turn it off so I can really think. It is so easy however, to just keep the music on, or to stay on Facebook, or talk on the phone, than it is to stop everything and simply think. Simply listen. Simply pray.
God must be burning to have His children just stop. That is something I am going to focus on this week, to just stop and think. stop and listen. stop and pray.
Thank you Professor Corrigan for sharing your thoughts!
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