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From The New Yorker<\/em><\/a> via Hemant Mehta<\/a>. It is actually quite a poignant cartoon, asking\u00a0us to reflect on where we look for God, and whether things that we presume to be revelations from God might not rather be distractions from God.<\/p>\n

For instance, it could equally\u00a0have depicted God saying, \u201cThose are just words that humans wrote. I\u2019m over here\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

What kinds of things are treated as sacraments that indicate the presence of the divine, and yet, in your experience, have distracted from the divine rather than mediating an experience thereof?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"