"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).

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Are We Really a Church Above Our Times?

"The problem with the countercultural model is that it creates an artificial wall between Christians and the world God loves—a love so deep and wide that God sent Jesus to die for it. Jesus did not ask God to take us out of the world. In fact, Jesus’ opposition to the temple-based religion of his day, which led more than anything to his condemnation and death, was precisely because he opposed the temple cult’s concept of holiness as separation. We are not somehow grandly “above” the political, economic, scientific, technological, or artistic influences of our times."

- Leonard Sweet. AquaChurch 2.0 
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