Hi Joe,

Thank you for such a comprehensive response! I am grateful also that your spiritual path has been so blessed. I pray God will continue to inspire your ministry and to bring great encouragement to others.

I studied geography at university, so I am always fascinated by process over time. If I may say it, I feel that some of your comments illustrate how different traditions arise, through different interpretations of the same Biblical material. For example, there are many people who see the maleness of God as fundamental to his revealed nature, (all for very good reasons). Similarly, a long-standing tradition has identified Wisdom as God’s Spirit.

It isn’t a “right or wrong game” of course. The point I am sure we agree on wholeheartedly is that openning ourselves up to possibilities, questioning and even doubt are at the heart of what we call searching.

Thank you again for your thoughts — much appreciated.

Fr William