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Metamorpha Updates

Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 2:48 pm

Welcome to MetamorphaBlog.com!

Posted by Kyle Strobel | Comments (2) |
Hello, and welcome to the Metamorpha Blog. We are very excited about the launch of this new blog, and truly hope it can bless you wherever you are at on this journey with Christ that we find ourselves on as believers. We will be tweaking and updating this site for the next couple of weeks, but we wanted to launch the site and get started now before Summer is in full swing.
 
The purpose of the Metamorpha blog is to serve as a forum for discussing spiritual formation - or, as our tag line says: spiritual formation in conversation. Aimed at furthering dialogue among those who study/practice spiritual formation as well as those who are curious, worried or beginners to the Christian life, the blog will engage the issues, practices and realities this kind of topic raises, seeking to create an environment for gracious, thoughtful and prayerful conversation.
 

Why do a blog about spiritual formation?

We believe blogs are increasingly being used for deep discussion concerning ministry, theology and Christian living. Using this medium to focus on spiritual formation would provide a platform to discuss, from our various standpoints, ministries and lives the questions about the Christian life that many don’t have the opportunity to explore in depth. By fostering this conversation, we hope that we can serve the body of Christ through honest, penetrating and ministry-oriented discussion. 
 

Who will be posting on the Metamorpha Blog?

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Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 12:44 am

Mysticism

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We have posted a new article by Bruce Demarest at Metamorpha.com entitiled Mysticism: Peril or Promise?  For many this term in and of itself raises red flags, and often for very good reasons.  For this reason and others Demarest's article is a much needed exploration of a topic that has lacked thoughtful Christian theological inquiry.  As Demarest notes, "Some remain skeptical of the mystical because of associations with Eastern religions and occult movements such as theosophy, nature mysticism, and New Age enlightenment.  Mysticism, we are told, is something that begins in mist and ends in schism."

Demarest goes on to state, "The word mysticism derives from the Greek, mu, meaning “to conceal.” The related English word, mystery, denotes what is obscure or unknown. To understand mysticism I find it helpful to distinguish between hard, occult, and soft forms of mysticism."  It is this latter form, "soft mysticism" which Demarest wishes to explore and believes to be at home within orthodox Christianity.  As he states, "Both hard and occult forms of mysticism are fundamentally opposed to orthodox Christianity...What I call soft mysticism, on the other hand, seeks deepening relational union with God, not emptiness, fusion, or an ontological union. An important feature of soft mysticism is the believer’s experience of intimate, relational union with Jesus Christ, which involves no loss of individuality or selfhood."

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Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 2:28 am

Spiritual Formation Resources: Metamorpha.com Update

Posted by Kyle Strobel | Comments (0) |

At the heart of what we want to do at Metamorpha is to help provide thoughtful, biblical and evangelical resources to the church. So, from time to time, we will update you on any new content that we might post. For now, I would like to highlight some of our newest material as well as the best places to go to find our other articles, videos, audio, and journals. First, our "Voices" page is a great place to start. For another search method, you can go to our contributor page and look for content by person.

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