This makes me think of the disciples asking Jesus what they were to do, and Jesus said, “abide in the one the Father has sent.” So the abiding is the work, and when we abide, we find ourselves living a life for others as Jesus did. But we can’t do that on our own, which is where a lot of social gospel finds itself in my experience.
I can't help but think that your work with the men in prison is exactly what Bonhoeffer would applaud.
This makes me think of the disciples asking Jesus what they were to do, and Jesus said, “abide in the one the Father has sent.” So the abiding is the work, and when we abide, we find ourselves living a life for others as Jesus did. But we can’t do that on our own, which is where a lot of social gospel finds itself in my experience.
What a superb series of posts this has been. Thank you.
I feel like there's something missing from the following sentence:
'The experience that a transformation of all human life is given in the fact that "Jesus is there only for others."'
“don't the mysteries of faith as cherished within the secret discipline become increasingly irrelevant and superfluous?”
Speaking for myself, I can’t sustain a life of “otherness” without connection to Jesus. I’m too selfish otherwise.