58. Communion with Reality, with Esther Lightcap Meek, author of A Little Manual for Knowing

In this episode, Esther Lightcap Meek and I talk about love as the starting point for truly knowing reality, what it means to experience communion with the real—and why this matters for the on-the-ground work that you and I are doing as leaders of God’s people. THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDEEsther Lightcap Meek is Professor of Philosophy at Geneva College and author of A Little Manual for Knowing.In chapter one of A Little Manual for Knowing, Esther states that “reality is a gift, and love is at the core of all things.  It is not impersonal; rather, it is person-like.”The pilgrimage of knowing begins with love, not with information.Active listening invites the real.  Not mere passive collecting of information, but actively inviting reality to self-disclose.Because we’ve reduced knowledge in the modern West to little bits of information, we can’t see what is really there.We need to go into our communities in humility looking for what God is already at work doing there.Creation is in its essence the love of God.  It is the expression of God’s love.When we truly begin to know reality, we enter into communion with that which is known. RELEVANT RESOURCES AND LINKSEsther Lightcap MeekWebsite:  http://www.longingtoknow.com/Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Esther-Lightcap-Meek-110487169038640/Books mentionedA Little Manual for Knowing by Esther Lightcap MeekTo leave a review of Spiritual Life and Leadership:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spiritual-life-and-leadership/id1435252632 ---Links to Amazon are affiliate links.  If you make a purchase through any of these links, I'll receive a small commission--which will help pay for the Spiritual Life and Leadership podcast!  :-)Send me a text! I’d love to know what you're thinking!Click HERE to get my FREE online course, BECOMING LEADERS OF SHALOM.