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The Desire for God

We desire the Divine who lovingly desires us

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Carl McColman
Apr 06, 2025
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In her book To Pray and to Love: Conversations on Prayer with the Early Church, Methodist theologian Roberta C. Bondi (b. 1941) has this to say about the relationship between prayer and desire:

Below the level of rational thought or choice, the desire for God operates within us, drawing us into life toward our completion in God, and whether we recognize …

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