Archive - Experimental Theology with Richard Beck

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As I teach and train about spiritual formation one of the things I talk about a lot is what I call "the imperative to virtue gap." Specifically, when it…

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A running theme in my reflections over the last few years, summarized by much within Hunting Magic Eels, is the role of perception in encountering God…

Jun 27

Part 26, The Harms of Ideology

Jun 24

“Even if there be no hereafter, I would live my time believing in a grand thing that ought to be true if it is not. And if these be not truths, then is…

Jun 23

The other day when I began to pray I had a mystical experience. I say "experience" because it was part sensation and part vision in my mind. In the…

Jun 22

Part 2, Chasing the Horizon

Jun 21

Part 1, On Unjust Laws

Jun 20

Part 25, The Gulag Archipelago

Jun 17

In Hunting Magic Eels I describe what I call "the Ache," the suite of dissatisfactions and emotional ailments we experience in a secular, godless…

Jun 16

As a part of my annual Bible reading plan, reading through the Bible during the year, I've been in 1 Kings. What struck me going back through the story…

Jun 15

As I share in Hunting Magic Eels, psychologists have recently come to highlight the impact of mattering upon mental well-being. Mattering, sometimes…

Jun 14

On Suffering and Love

Jun 13

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