"Love is the only light that can truly reach the secret signature of the other person's individuality and soul." John O'Donohue
Words that describe love: bright, shimmering, expansive, all encompassing, warm, welcoming, comforting, are also words that describe light and describe Christ. Where is your light shining from today? Where is your love beginning today?
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
When President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, many called it an aspirational prize and not a prize of achievement. The aspiration pointed to the hope for what he might achieve among conflicted neighbors and global relationships.
However, thus far President Obama has maintained that there is a way forward no matter how ridgid the sides may be. He has taken this stance with the US Congress, in diplomacy, and in relationships among people who disagree.
As a believer that Jesus Christ showed another way to live that centered on God's goodness rather than conflict, I believe that a peacemaker is one who calls us to a standard of behavior that respects the dignity of everyone. I believe a peacemaker is thoroughly practical and realistic about divisions and dynamics for discontent and still continues to be one who models a standard of behavior to find a way forward. A peacemaker looks for another way to frame the issue and solve the problem. A peacemaker believes 'there is more than one way to slice a loaf of bread.'
A peacemaker may be prominent in the world community or known only to the members of one's home community.
Perhaps we can consider President Obama's Nobel Prize as a verb, the action of continually creating, finding, naming the way toward peace, rather than a noun, a place or a thing to be achieved.
However, thus far President Obama has maintained that there is a way forward no matter how ridgid the sides may be. He has taken this stance with the US Congress, in diplomacy, and in relationships among people who disagree.
As a believer that Jesus Christ showed another way to live that centered on God's goodness rather than conflict, I believe that a peacemaker is one who calls us to a standard of behavior that respects the dignity of everyone. I believe a peacemaker is thoroughly practical and realistic about divisions and dynamics for discontent and still continues to be one who models a standard of behavior to find a way forward. A peacemaker looks for another way to frame the issue and solve the problem. A peacemaker believes 'there is more than one way to slice a loaf of bread.'
A peacemaker may be prominent in the world community or known only to the members of one's home community.
Perhaps we can consider President Obama's Nobel Prize as a verb, the action of continually creating, finding, naming the way toward peace, rather than a noun, a place or a thing to be achieved.
Friday, September 25, 2009
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Hello, and welcome to Practically Christian, a weekly reflection on faith, life, and the experience of Christ in our daily lives. The issues will range from faith at work to Christian practices to recent events. Join the community of fellowship as we bring the meaning of Jesus' life into our lives.
This past week was the anniversary of the only escape from Alcatraz. Three men dug, tunnelled, and emerged form the isolation of the prison walls. If they ever reached land through the frigid waters is not known. For some their feat is admired. For some a mystery to be solved.
Any prison is a formittable barrier. It is a metaphor for barriers we may construct in our lives. What are the practical tools of Christian faith that we use break down our barriers. Reflect on these four that we find when we are members of the church community: studying scripture together, learning from experience together, praying together, and, serving together.
This past week was the anniversary of the only escape from Alcatraz. Three men dug, tunnelled, and emerged form the isolation of the prison walls. If they ever reached land through the frigid waters is not known. For some their feat is admired. For some a mystery to be solved.
Any prison is a formittable barrier. It is a metaphor for barriers we may construct in our lives. What are the practical tools of Christian faith that we use break down our barriers. Reflect on these four that we find when we are members of the church community: studying scripture together, learning from experience together, praying together, and, serving together.
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