Monologues with God. And How to Turn Them into a Dialogue with God? A Workshop Discussion

I was thinking about the topic of talking with God and wondering why some people spoke with Him, for example in the Old Testament. These were always significant figures who had some historical purpose in doing so—either messiahs, prophets, or those who were themselves considered gods, and so on. I have never read anywhere that people spoke with God on a larger scale, especially as so-called ordinary people. We don’t really know how it was in the past, how God intended it, or how it should be.

Since there is no historical knowledge or evidence that God spoke with people on a large or mass scale, I wonder whether, in order to have a dialogue with God, one needs to achieve something specific or have particular goals, purposes, or strategies. Do you need to be someone who co-creates with God, and then God consults such people about what and how? Or does He speak mainly about key matters, rather than trivial ones or just anything?

What is it really like?

As we know, it is difficult to meet God, see Him, and talk with Him—it seems inaccessible and hard to achieve. Only a few have managed it throughout history. So how can we believe that it is something natural, that God is so accessible?

What stays with me is this last thought, especially because my mother still tells me that God is not accessible to everyone. Or perhaps conversations with God are given only as a tool, for specific purposes, and not simply to have contact with Him?

That would suggest that it is not something natural, but rather that one needs very strong arguments and answers to questions like: “Why do you need this, and what do you intend to do with it?” I think one has to make an effort to convince God with arguments. Why? Because if someone has to work hard to build those arguments, it would mean that it is not something that just happens naturally—that it is not as simple as it seems.

— Małgorzata Krata

Opublikowano: 03/05/2026
Autor: Sławomir Majda
Kateogrie: God

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