{"id":4358,"date":"2013-05-14T17:33:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T17:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/?p=4358"},"modified":"2013-05-14T17:33:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T17:33:23","slug":"musing-on-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2013\/05\/musing-on-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Musing on God"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>God is all without being any thing<br>\nwhile being the all in every thing.<\/p>\n<p>God is the perhaps at the edge<br>\nof every moment of choosing.<\/p>\n<p>God does nothing<br>\nbut nothing does<br>\nwithout God.<\/p>\n<p>God is the freedom to do<br>\nand the urge to act.<\/p>\n<p>God does not exist<br>\nbecause God is existence.<\/p>\n<p>God is change,<br>\nGod is flow,<br>\nGod is relationship:<br>\nIn, with, and through.<\/p>\n<p>God is love:<br>\nsilently attracting,<br>\nnever compelling.<\/p>\n<p>God does not have power<br>\nbecause God is power.<\/p>\n<p>God is the unforced force<br>\ncoursing through all events.<\/p>\n<p>God is the potential<br>\nfor transformation<br>\nin all relationships.<\/p>\n<p>To be God\u2019s friend<br>\nis to pay attention<br>\nto the flow in all things\u2026<br>\neven those that seem to stay still.<br>\nIt is to savor what is behind and within<br>\nall appearances, events, relations.<br>\nIt is to feel the allure of what could be,<br>\nlatent in the wonder of what is.<\/p>\n<p>JIM BURKLO<br>\nWebsite: JIMBURKLO.COM     Weblog: MUSINGS \u2013 www.tcpc.blogs.com\/musings<br>\nFollow me on twitter: @jtburklo<\/p>\n<p>Associate Dean of Religious Life, University of Southern California<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God is all without being any thing while being the all in every thing. 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