A thoughtful essay. I don't use a note taking system, though I have journaled for decades and still do. Until we handle the details, sift them and know as our own, we will miss knowledge and insight. It is a bit like "knowing God." Until I embrace him full on and engage, I will not have an experience of knowing Him.
Thanks Henry. The crux of it is that there are two parts to true learning: taking ownership of knowledge and acting on knowledge. True in every area but especially true of relationship to God. There is a short booklet that was published last summer in a limited run called "Courage of Truth" by Oliver O'Donovan that really dives into this idea. That when one fully encounters truth, there is a point of no return that demands action of us, and to refuse that call is death.
I didn't cite it in this essay but it is informing part of it. I'm continuing to follow this path of reasoning and seeing where it leads.
A thoughtful essay. I don't use a note taking system, though I have journaled for decades and still do. Until we handle the details, sift them and know as our own, we will miss knowledge and insight. It is a bit like "knowing God." Until I embrace him full on and engage, I will not have an experience of knowing Him.
Thanks Henry. The crux of it is that there are two parts to true learning: taking ownership of knowledge and acting on knowledge. True in every area but especially true of relationship to God. There is a short booklet that was published last summer in a limited run called "Courage of Truth" by Oliver O'Donovan that really dives into this idea. That when one fully encounters truth, there is a point of no return that demands action of us, and to refuse that call is death.
I didn't cite it in this essay but it is informing part of it. I'm continuing to follow this path of reasoning and seeing where it leads.