by Peter James | Jul 30, 2024 | Gerhard Tersteegen
Gerhard Tersteegen (1697-1769) qualifies as a holy man. He lived in a small town along the Rhine River in Germany, eking out a modest living as a weaver. His only visitor was a girl who came daily to wind silk thread for him. He was, for five years, “deprived of...
by Peter James | Jun 23, 2023 | Gerhard Tersteegen
John of the Cross in the sixteenth-century coined the phrase “dark night of the soul” to describe a crisis of faith precipitated by an absence of God. This dark night can be intermittent or prolonged. In the case of Gerhard Tersteegen (1697-1769), it...
