1/11/2024 0 Comments Bump in the night bookFinally you ask darkness to teach you what you need to know. Next you sign a waiver that allows you to bump into some things that may frighten you at first. …remember(ing) how to walk in the dark, since people of faith have deep pockets of wisdom about how to live through long nights in the wilderness….Step 1 of learning to walk in the dark is to give up running the show. The title, Learning to Walk in the Dark, aptly describes her formative years, a persistent fear of the dark and long-held desire to appreciate the half of her life lived in darkness. Briefly, it was NYTimes bestseller and she has been identified by Time magazine as one of the top 100 influential Americans. So often what transpires in darkness, although mysterious, creates profound goodness in all our lives.īarbara Brown Taylor, one of America’s beloved writers and preachers has a new book out this summer. Resurrection happened in the darkness of night – we only recognized it in the light of day. We celebrate the birth of Jesus during the darkest months of the northern hemisphere. Paul was thrown into darkness, blindness, as he faced Christ. Consider for example God’s call to Samuel, the dreams of Mary, Joseph and Zachariah. Yet, in our faith tradition, so much of what is revealed by God occurs in the dark of night. Conversely, increased darkness is welcome for those who suffer from lupus or skin disorders and need to avoid the sun.įor most of us, darkness is synonymous with mystery, deception, the time bad things happen, which is why so many of us don’t like extended darkness. I notice this in the morning, walking the dogs and in the evening as night falls earlier and earlier.Įxpanding darkness presents real challenges for some, those who suffer from depression or seasonal affective disorder. Since the middle of June, we have lost close to an hour of sunlight. I regret to remind you of what’s going on every day, what we don’t want to notice and will suddenly sneak up on us.
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