Mystical Titles & Tracks

To know Jesus is to spend time in his presence

Something that really struck me when I was reading Meister Eckhart was his terminology in his references to biblical books.  He called the Song of Solomon the book of love and the book of Revelation the book of secrets (I loved these designations). 

So here are seven I will be using that follows Eckhart's lead.

1.  Genesis -  The book of Beginnings
2.  Wisdom of Solomon - The book of Wisdom
3.  The Song of Solomon -  The book of Love
4.  Daniel -  The book of visions and dreams
5.  The Gospel of Mark  -  The book of the Son of God
6.  Acts  -  The book of Ascension
7.  Revelation  -  The book of Secrets

When I think about spiritual tracks for the future of the church, here are several that come to my mind that need to be held holistically together rather than the many ways they are either separated or one aspect is ignored at the expense of the other.

1.  The divinity of Jesus needs to be balanced with the humanity of Jesus.  We have yet to see what this theologically and practically should look like in the church today that connects deeper to Jesus humanity.

2.  A theology of dualism needs to head towards a theology of non-dualism.  These two should at least be held in tension with each other and non-dualist ways of doing theology needs to be explored by the western church.

3.  The after life of heaven needs to head towards the church participating in heaven coming to earth.  A new creation theology needs to be more fully developed and practiced by the church which means a whole new way of doing Christian discipleship.

4.  God in his being (essence) needs to be balanced with God in his energies.  The work and power of the Holy Spirit needs to be explored more fully.  We need to tap deeper into the divine energies of the Holy Spirit.

5.  The masculinity of God needs to be balanced with the divine feminine.  Christ as Sophia (wisdom) and a more compassionate down to earth creational spirituality needs greater development.  The world as Christ's body needs to be explored along with the ecclesiology of the church.

6.  The triumphal judging church needs to be balanced with a cruciform generous church.  A deeper practical theology of the cross needs to be explored more.

7. Kataphatic theology needs to be balanced with Apophatic theology.  More modest proposals, humility, and Christians saying "I don't know" more than always giving the answers would be a greater apologetic for the future.  A greater development of mystery for Christian theology is also greatly needed.