Bruce Epperly admits that he long has struggled "with using the word 'miracle' to describe God’s actions and amazing events in our lives." He urges us not to think of miracles as random, supernatural interventions by a deity but rather as part of the fabric of our lives:
From one perspective, we can affirm with Walt Whitman that everything is a miracle. Every moment reveals divine constancy and love. Still, some moments – while reflecting the regular causal relationships that characterize a trustworthy universe – nevertheless reveal something more – cells are transformed, spirits are healed, bodies renewed in ways that defy our understanding and experience of the world. These are not supernatural but continuous with the unnoticed movements present in healing wounds, knitting together bones, or dissolving cancer cells through radiation or chemotherapy. A personal and intimate God can, like us, choose to be more present in some places than others. God can act dramatically in the incarnation of Jesus, the enlightenment of Buddha, the healing energy of Jesus’ touch, and moments of personal and communal conversion and transformation.
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