"God is no longer an abstraction. But God is elusive. With this elusive God, there is a certain kind of closeness, one I did not know before God became elusive, one I did not know when god was still nearby as friend" (p. 162). What do you think that it means to have an intimate relationship with an elusive God?
Winner likens intimacy with God to praying with someone who lives in another state, or reading in one room of your house while your spouse is reading in another. What other analogies are apt? How do you understand intimacy with God?
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It is like being in one room and your beloved in another. Geographical distance does not preclude closeness. We practice this, in many ways, daily. The Anglican Cycle of Prayer is one way that we are close yet far; we pray for people in our parish that we do not know; we give support missions to people we will never meet. It is the expanse of God and the limitless power of God to be everywhere.
The writer seems to have a very narrow definition about relationships...whether with God or with other people.
Is God really elusive or are we blind to the depth of the relationship?
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