I agree strongly with Durka's suggestion as to the power of Imagination and its centrality to our vocation, whether it be at the center of our dispositions, our daily demeanor, our planning; or the engine of the students' learning experience.
I would want to point out further that Imagination presumes humility and openness which also are, not coincidentally, necessary to receive God's grace. It strikes me that what Durka refers to as Imagination might also be a prime faculty through which we experience grace. "...imagination can bring severed parts together and create wholes." (Durka p. 31). "The role of the imagination...is to awaken" (Durka p. 33). These quotes point to the function of Imagination in transforming our unederstanding and experience of the world which in turn allows for God to break through. We must humble and open ourselves, our hearts, in order that we might be broken open and the heart might be lifted up, elevated to a mystical experience of the divine.
St. Gregory of Nyssa might have said, "...only wonder understands God!"
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I, too, love the focus on the power of imagination as a form of prayer.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to hear how you do this in your classroom. Would you mind sharing in class?