God Beyond Image

We Strip Away That Which Impedes Our Spiritual Freedom

God, I am stripping away all my images of you, and I don’t know what is left. — Colette Lafia

In the ministry of spiritual direction — especially when approached from the perspective of Ignatian spirituality, which emphasizes using the human imagination to pray — we talk a lot about the “image of God.” God, of course, is beyond all imagery, all human con…