Krista Tippett: Living the Questions

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It’s very hard to respond to a combative question with anything but a combative answer. 

It’s almost impossible to transcend a simplistic question with anything but a simplistic answer. 

But the opposite is also true: it’s hard to resist a generous question. This is a skill that needs relearning, but I believe that we all have it in us to ask questions that invite, that draw forth searching in dignity and revelation.  

There is something redemptive and life-giving about asking a better question.

I read Rilke's book only a month or so ago, and this was, of course, the most useful idea in it. I have been asking of late whether, in the case of hopeless illness, one should pray for healing or for "His will be done". What I have come up with, if provisionally, is to pray that the Holy Spirit flood the area. We'll see. Thanks, old friend.

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