At Hubbard and Cravens I talked with Jeff.

Jeff said that Paul Tillich called God the 'ground of all being' and pointed out how appealing that must be to me because I am grounded; in the sense that I like the earth, I like having my bare feet touch the dirt and the press of sharp rocks against my soles. He's right, it is appealing. Because it almost doesn't limit God. It almost lets God just be, without qualifiers and particulars. Qualifiers and particulars eventually have to get trashed. They are (and are meant to be) pretty and nice smelling at first. Then they wilt and should get dumped into the kitchen garbage. Lots of us keep the wilted particulars around because we can't stand an empty vase. But we shouldn't worry much. The garden is in full bloom.