A Quiet Meditation on Divine Complexity
What if the mysteries we often shy away from—divine intelligence, free will, the nature of ultimate endings—were less intimidating when approached with humility rather than certainty? Theology can feel like a language etched in stars: beautiful, vast, and difficult to grasp. Yet our yearning to understand isn't arrogance—it’s a quiet act of courage. A way of saying, “I’m listening.” To reflect on divine intelligence is not necessarily to seek a blueprint of how the world works, but to wonder: Is there meaning in how I’m seen? To wrestle with free will is to inhabit the tension of both agency and surrender, choice and mystery. And to contemplate endings—what many traditions call eschatology—is to gaze toward what might come after with something more sacred than fear: hope. These are not questions meant only for scholars or sages. They belong to anyone who has held grief, wondered about purpose, or felt the ache of the infinite brushing against an ordinary moment. You don’t h...