The following is an excerpt from my upcoming devotional titled Sex With God. A threefold cord is not easily broken. (Ecclesiastes 4:12b DRA) Contemplative Christianity offers the idea that there is a kind of knowing which goes beyond words, thought, and reason. This type of knowing comes from union with the divine Other. It is experiential and rests in a space separate from intellectual knowledge. Knowing in this manner is mirrored by physical intimacy with a human beloved,