Sunday, March 25, 2007

Self-scrutiny

But in my spiritual life I have learned that hope and grace do not come cheap. They require honest self-scrutiny first, and then confession, an offering up of our own inner darkness to the source of forgiveness and transformation.

Parker J. Palmer, To Know as We are Known (Harper Collins Publishers, 1993), 2.

2 comments:

D said...

this seriously sounds just like something out of my humanities reading assignments -.- you do realize that while youre scrutinizing yourself, you can also get narcissistic too..sometimes lol :D

Ollie's intersection with time and space said...

lol... I know. That's why I have friends to remind me not to get too self-indulgent. :)