C*NAQ Plus — Summer 2022

Summer 2022

Volume 25, Number 3+

Contents

Author

Description

Through the Editor's Eyes
The Difference Between Night and Day

Catherine Groves
Do we go to bed at night just so we can replenish ourselves for the next day? Is that the purpose of one-third — give or take — of our lives? Many of us seem to place more significance on our awake time than on our slumber. Are we missing something vital? In this editorial, Catherine Groves explores the phenomenon of dreaming — in her own life, in our cultural idioms, in the bible and in New Age spirituality in general, as well as in song.

A Blast from
Our Past
The Folly of Certitude: The Case for Believing in What We Know

Robert Arias
This essay was first published in our May-October 2007 issue. Here, Robert Arias probes the relationship between the rational and nonrational. Opening his piece with a misunderstanding and consequential friction between Islamic and Christian sectors, Arias views the Muslim wholehearted acceptance of the doctrine of divine creation vis-à-vis the Christian mistrust of creation's fundamental reality. There appears to be "a disconnect between our method of knowledge and our method of belief." He asks, "Are knowledge and faith fundamentally distinct faculties of the mind.... Or, rather, are they partial and inherently complementary means of arriving at a holistic understanding of the universe and our place within it?"

The Letters Library

C*NAQ readers speak out
This C*NAQ Plus is rich with thought-provoking letters, some examining meditation and some sharing ideas on our readers' minds. We hear from Cher Gilmore of Share International USA, Rosalyn Becker, Jason Rodgers, Wendell E. Wilkinson, N. Michel Landaiche III and Gloria Reiser.

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Contents	Author	Description
Through the Editor's Eyes The Difference Between Night and Day	Catherine Groves	Do we go to bed at night just so we can replenish ourselves for the next day? Is that the purpose of one-third — give or take — of our lives? Many of us seem to place more significance on our awake time than on our slumber. Are we missing something vital? In this editorial, Catherine Groves explores the phenomenon of dreaming — in her own life, in our cultural idioms, in the bible and in New Age spirituality in general, as well as in song.
A Blast from Our Past The Folly of Certitude: The Case for Believing in What We Know	Robert Arias	This essay was first published in our May-October 2007 issue. Here, Robert Arias probes the relationship between the rational and nonrational. Opening his piece with a misunderstanding and consequential friction between Islamic and Christian sectors, Arias views the Muslim wholehearted acceptance of the doctrine of divine creation vis-à-vis the Christian mistrust of creation's fundamental reality. There appears to be "a disconnect between our method of knowledge and our method of belief." He asks, "Are knowledge and faith fundamentally distinct faculties of the mind.... Or, rather, are they partial and inherently complementary means of arriving at a holistic understanding of the universe and our place within it?"
*The Letters Library*	CNAQ* readers speak out	This CNAQ Plus* is rich with thought-provoking letters, some examining meditation and some sharing ideas on our readers' minds. We hear from Cher Gilmore of Share International USA, Rosalyn Becker, Jason Rodgers, Wendell E. Wilkinson, N. Michel Landaiche III and Gloria Reiser.
*Advertising*		Looking for Christian New Age goods or services? Check out the resources offered by advertisers in Christian*New Age Quarterly!