http://changingattitude-england.blogspot.com/2009/08/cloud-of-unknowing-living-with-mystery.html
The way Henry Morgan speaks reminds me of a favourite quote of my fathers from HG Wells which was something about the larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder... This paragraph seems to say much the same, but adds that touch of change and shift. As the trip approaches, it seems to me that I need to ponder this mystery some more!
The Revd Henry Morgan writes that:
“... what humankind will ever know is but a small island among a vast sea of unknowing and mystery, The edges of the island will shift as new things are learnt and old things are forgotten, but mystery remains huge and overwhelming and touches us everywhere, wherever we look.”[The God You Already Know, pp95-96]
"I don’t even know very much about God. God by definition is beyond our knowing: a vast, silent emptiness. We may sense God’s presence from time to time. We may believe that Jesus has shown us something of his nature, sufficient of God’s nature, even. But, in another sense, however true that may be, God will always remain beyond our knowing.”
“So, maybe we could usefully learn to approach all of life with a sense of mystery, wonder and reverence. It might usefully teach us a little humility.”
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