“Faith is not a ground on which we can place ourselves, not a system which we can obey, not an atmosphere in which we can breathe. Viewed from a human perspective, what was once called religion, conviction and law becomes rather the abyss, anarchy, void. But ‘the law of the faithfulness of God’ [Rom. 3:27]…
Category: Meditation
Loving Money More Than People
“The person who loves money more than other people is the cause of some people’s poverty. Their misery is the mark of humanity’s sin – everyone’s sin. This is why it is hopeless to try to get rid of poverty by economic means. We can hope for no modification in the human condition unless we…
Philosophical Musings
another excellent offering from The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus It’s funny because I’ve read more philosophy here and there the past 7 years since starting BLC. And it’s been helpful for me mostly in appreciating the human questions which cut across intellectual boundaries. However, it’s limitations are humbling.
Open to God’s Grace
“ENTER INTO the liturgical life as a part of your whole spiritual journey. Open yourself to the grace of God just as you do in practices of journaling, spiritual reading, social ministry, and silence. Your personality type and where you are on your life’s pathway will affect the degree to which liturgical participation will speak…
Diligence verse Sloth
Thanks Jon Birch .
Song of Grace
GOD OF THE GOOD NEWS, in the fullness of my life, empty me of distractions. Still my busyness. Quiet my chatter. Sing your song of grace to me until the tune rings in the core of my being and my life resonates with your good news. – Alive Now (via Upper Room Daily Reflections) It’s…
The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus
I love the cartoons on The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus … Let me pick out three for starters: 80 Filed under: Uncategorized — jonbirch @ 2:51 pm 71 Filed under: Uncategorized — jonbirch @ 5:36 am 68 Filed under: Uncategorized — jonbirch @ 3:09 pm
Everything
One of my members sent me this link, I was transported a little into some fond memories of my journey as a Christian youth and young people’s work. I’m not into speculation or “paralysis of analysis” mode. Too often that sends me off track to face the “stuff” which needs to be surfaced. Interesting to…
Do Something
“YOU CAN DO SOMETHING. You can get on a path of wisdom and walk it. … “Build your house on a rock,” as Jesus urges us. … You may ask what good all that will do in the face of a task as massive as repairing creation? … I cannot offer an answer that proves…
The Gift of Work
“GRACIOUS AND LOVING GOD, I give you thanks this day for the gift of my present work. I hold in prayer those who are jobless and those who have yet to discover their work. I hold in prayer the young people throughout the world and in my community who must have a job to help…