Thanks for this Mavis. In my past 20 yrs of being a professor I was often surrounded by intellectuals that didn't like 'imagination'. "That's the work of the flesh. It leads you astray!" I've come to realize that even staunch intellectuals have enough imagination to draw them toward things they 'suspect' or have 'hunches of'. Even the work of exegesis has beginning points in imagination. Of course any medium that directs us can lead astray - even the mind. I like your invitation to imagination - to honestly talk about it and be reflective of what we think AND feel about God and ourselves - isn't that the beginning of discipleship? I think so.
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Thanks for this Mavis. In my past 20 yrs of being a professor I was often surrounded by intellectuals that didn't like 'imagination'. "That's the work of the flesh. It leads you astray!" I've come to realize that even staunch intellectuals have enough imagination to draw them toward things they 'suspect' or have 'hunches of'. Even the work of exegesis has beginning points in imagination. Of course any medium that directs us can lead astray - even the mind. I like your invitation to imagination - to honestly talk about it and be reflective of what we think AND feel about God and ourselves - isn't that the beginning of discipleship? I think so.