Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2844831 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 166 pages

Synopsis
Our society places a high value on truth but is greatly confused about the real nature of truth and truth-telling. We often get truth confused with 'the facts,' but factual accuracy is only one aspect of the truth. These twelve meditations on the many sides of truth-telling look at truth as fact, as fiction, as narrative, as covenant, as betrothal, and as mystery. Jones poses questions like: What might it mean to act truthfully? What is the relationship between truth-telling and integrity? How does telling the truth make us whole? And what do we mean when we say that Jesus is Truth? 'Truth is a matter of trust. Trust holds human beings together. It is fundamental to the mystery of covenant. Truth as trust is a matter of discernment, of knowing where we should locate ourselves in the human drama, of knowing when to speak and when to keep silent. there is nothings more poignant in the spiritual life than knowing the truth but having to remain silent because the time is not yet right.' We are all pilgrims on the way to the truth: that is a major tenet of the spiritual life.

In these meditations Jones draws on a wide spectrum of theology, literature, and the arts to develop this theme.