Meditations for Mediocre Mystics

Tom Stella

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English

Wipf & Stock Publishers
11 October 2023

Christianity; Christian theology; Christian spirituality & religious experience; Christian life & practice; Personal Christian testimony & inspirational works

"The term """"mediocre mystics"""" seems a fitting way to refer to those who yearn for the nameless but do not qualify as full-blown mystics. I realize that because there is nothing middling about mystics, """"mediocre mystics"""" may appear to be an oxymoron, but the root meaning of """"mediocre"""" is not second-rate. From the Latin mediocris, the word means moderate or ordinary and has been used figuratively to refer to one who is halfway up a mountain. Unlike ordinary folks, sainted mystics have reached the mountaintop; they are on a first-name basis with the nameless! But just because we haven't arrived at the heights, just because our lives unfold in the valley of ordinary, everyday life doesn't mean that we cannot or do not experience the desire that has fueled the mystic's climb."

By: Tom Stella
Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 222g
ISBN: 9798385201587
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 11 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Formerly a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross, Tom Stella is the cofounder and director of Soul Link, Inc., a nonprofit for spiritual seekers, a spiritual director, and retreat facilitator. Tom has been a campus minister, and a hospital, hospice, and work place chaplain. He is the author of six books--The God Instinct; A Faith Worth Believing; Finding God Beyond Religion; CPR for the Soul; In Sync with the Sacred, Out of Step with the World; and Meditations for Mediocre Mystics--and has earned graduate degrees from the University of Notre Dame MDiv (theology), the University of Michigan MA (counseling), and the Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley STM (spirituality).