God dwells within creation as a human being dwells within a tent. But why does this matter? Proximity evokes pathos. What would my children think if I lived in a different house or different city than them? How would they feel? What would they think of my heart and of my leadership? Would they trust me? Probably not. More than likely they would grow up with a deep sense of separation and abandonment. So the modern church, under lingering Hellenistic influence, suffers from a “cosmic loneliness,” so to speak, which pervades much of its theology and practice. The Scriptures, however, reveal to us a God whose habitation is within creation, because he loves what he has made, and it is very good in his sight. - John P. Harrigan, the Gospel of Christ Crucified, p.27