I've been posting regular thoughts and quotes on
delight which, along with mercy, I think is at the heart of the Christian and message of God's grace and love and how we should live in light of that grace and love. I expect to occasionally
post more on the topic, but I am going to take a break so I can focus on some
other things.Below are the lyrics of a song by Bruce Cockburn. If you are interested in reading more on delight, there is a reading list after the song.
Don’t Forget About Delight
Amid
the rumours and the expectations
And
all the stories dreamt and lived
Amid
the clangour and the dislocation
And
things to fear and to forgive
Don't
forget
About
delight
Ya
know what I'm saying to you
Don't
forget
About
delight
Ya
know
Amid
the post-ironic postulating
And
the poets' pilfered rhymes
Meaning
feels like it's evaporating
Out
of sight and out of mind
Don't
forget
About
delight
Ya
know what I'm saying to you
Don't
forget
About
delight
Ya
know
Though
you find yourself alone and stranded
With
no friend to take your side
On
the endless road afoot and empty-handed
Where
the wild-eyed Cossacks ride
Don't
forget
About
delight
Ya
know what I'm saying to you
Don't
forget
About
delight
Ya
know
Spring
birds peck among the pressed-down grasses
Clouds
like zeppelins cross the sky
Anger
drips and pools and then it passes
And
I say a prayer that I
Don't
forget
About
delight
Ya
know what I'm saying to you
Don't
forget
About
delight
Ya know– Bruce Cockburn
Reading list on Delight and Related Concepts:
A great short introduction to the theme:
A great short introduction to the theme:
Stewards of God’s Delight – Mark Clavier
A
serious theological engagement with the topic:
The Beauty of the Infinite – David Bentley Hart
Another
serious theological engagement:
The Glory of the Lord, Vol. 1, Seeing the Form – Hans Urs von Balthasar
A wonderful book on Christian spirituality:
The World is a Wedding: Explorations in Christian Spirituality – A. M. Allchin
What
the world as we know it reveals about God:
A Joyful Theology – Sarah Maitland
A
classic be one of the great medieval English theologians:
Showings
– Julian of Norwich
A
17th century collection of meditations on delighting in God and
creation:
Centuries of Meditations – Thomas Traherne
The poetry of Mary Oliver often expresses an attentive delight in creation
C.
S. Lewis’ spiritual autobiography focuses on an understanding of longing and
joy:
Surprised by Joy – C. S. Lewis
This
essay by Lewis makes important points about engaging one another with delight:
The Weight of Glory – C. S. Lewis
Charles
Williams was a theologian of God’s delight
Charles Williams, Selected Writings contains these essays:
The
Way of Affirmation
Natural
Goodness
The
Way of Exchange
The
Index of the Body
These
two longer works are also good:
The Figure of Beatrice – Charles Williams
Romantic Theology – Charles Williams
Finally,
this by a 19th century Russian Philosopher/theologian
The Meaning of Love – Vladimir Solovyov
More Mercy and Delight:
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