1.0The Jazz Theologianhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jazztheologianRobert Gelinashttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jazztheologian/author/rgelinasCreative Tension: Mystery (p2) - The Jazz Theologianrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="rgD7yEn6Fa"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jazztheologian/2006/12/creative-tensio-1.html">Creative Tension: Mystery (p2)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jazztheologian/2006/12/creative-tensio-1.html/embed#?secret=rgD7yEn6Fa" width="600" height="338" title="“Creative Tension: Mystery (p2)” — The Jazz Theologian" data-secret="rgD7yEn6Fa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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James Lucas in his book, "Knowing the Unknowable God: How Faith Thrives on Divine Mystery," calls it the shocking truth. What is it? God is still hiding things from us and this creates mystery and tensions for us that we will not be able to resolve. "It is the glory of God to conceal a…