"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Discussing Church Issues......

In Church culture you can't actually discuss any weaknesses, issues, or down right failures in the church system without them waching you with a label that is meant to just shut you up....  But in my book to understand a problem, you have to be open to looking at it, disceting it, discussing it, accepting the flaw, or failure. And only then can you actually build a better option.  
This guy is just negative, bitter, and justifying his negativity ;-) .
"Expressions of sharp and even violent criticism of religion and the church have been welcomed [in this collection], for they usually imply sincerity of thought. If caustic criticism of religious institutions and practices is irreligious, then Amos, Isaiah, and Jesus were very irreligious men. In fact, that is exactly what many of their contemporaries took them to be.

(Halford E. Luccock (1885-1960) & Frances Brentano, The Questing Spirit) From....... KI

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