Dora Willson

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Pendle Hill Pamphlet #4, 1940

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Dora Willson inspects the Gospels and the teachings of Jesus to interpret for us the meaning behind the parables and what that meaning implies for our lives. She considers the teachings of Jesus to be quite straightforward and "intensely practical in that it offers a way to life which is open to experiment."

Without mincing words, Dora Willson approaches the mystery of the Gospel directly. When Jesus declares "Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it", he states the Way in terms of absolute loss of self. "Of all the prerequisites usually set forth by religious teachers, Jesus assumes one only: moral earnestness, a deep desire for life. That slender foothold is all that man needs, it would seem, to start on the Way."

Join Dora in her investigation of the Gospels, the words of Jesus, and her interpretation of the Way: "The Way may be such that few find it, but when seen clearly and followed, it leads infallibly to life. Two things [Jesus] makes clear: (1) [The Way] involves the whole personality; (2) it is directed toward the Totality which he calls God."