It’s interesting how easily the conversation sort of naturally flows toward and around obsessios rather than epithanias? Much easier to roll in the muck, I think.
"For the Christian, such faithfulness, no matter what the consequences, is rooted in the belief that we are not in it alone. Because the companion God is suffering with us, we can endure to the end. On Golgotha, God screams in agony with us, drinking deeply of all that we too go through; therefore nothing can separate us from such a God. Redeemed life has little to do with grand designs or miraculous reversals. It is the integrity born of tenacity on the daily road, respecting the small and the commonplace. A knowing glance and a sharing hand are the manna which feed. What gives dignity to life is the quality of never quitting, so facing without deception whatever happens that it becomes a "moral victory.” What matters is not the quantity of life but the quality of living."
Isn’t this the sad state of things? Technology driving our worlds ever smaller, our worldviews have crashed and broken up on new shores. Our metanarrative becomes opaque and rendered unready-to-hand. So, we grope for higher ground…
Reaching some sand dunes, we find a new lens through which to see the world—love. But the waves crash on.
It’s interesting how easily the conversation sort of naturally flows toward and around obsessios rather than epithanias? Much easier to roll in the muck, I think.
I’ve never heard of this - this book sounds fascinating.
W. Paul Jones -
"For the Christian, such faithfulness, no matter what the consequences, is rooted in the belief that we are not in it alone. Because the companion God is suffering with us, we can endure to the end. On Golgotha, God screams in agony with us, drinking deeply of all that we too go through; therefore nothing can separate us from such a God. Redeemed life has little to do with grand designs or miraculous reversals. It is the integrity born of tenacity on the daily road, respecting the small and the commonplace. A knowing glance and a sharing hand are the manna which feed. What gives dignity to life is the quality of never quitting, so facing without deception whatever happens that it becomes a "moral victory.” What matters is not the quantity of life but the quality of living."
- 'WORLD 5: SUFFERING AND ENDURANCE'
I am looking forward to this series…interesting, theological world views…
Isn’t this the sad state of things? Technology driving our worlds ever smaller, our worldviews have crashed and broken up on new shores. Our metanarrative becomes opaque and rendered unready-to-hand. So, we grope for higher ground…
Reaching some sand dunes, we find a new lens through which to see the world—love. But the waves crash on.