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Also, I will be starting to scale back my leading every week to give some of you the chance to lead. I will still play, but i might not be leading that week, so if you see a * by your name under the "This Weeks Team" section, your leading!
Hope this is ok! :)
Jeff
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Word and Flesh
In commenting on the Evangelical church’s love affair with the spoken word over and against image, icon, and sacrament, theologian Thomas Howard writes:
“[Jesus] spoke words of such power and glory that they burned into the hearts of men and kindled all of the skill and creativeness that was in them. His words did not spread a frost over human potential. They roused and vivified us and set us free to do all of our work for the glory of God, whether that work meant cups of cold water, prayers, building, baking, or typing. The Word became flesh. The word always becomes flesh. What is true in a man’s heart will take on the mantle of good works, or of stone, or of gilded illuminations around the border of a manuscript, or of well-baked bread.” (Evangelical is Not Enough, p. 64.)
This reminds me of an observation by a professor at Regent College. Loren Wilkinson noted that we’re told the Word became flesh. But in our religious practice so often our efforts focus on turning that flesh back into word.
I thought that we might do some work on these thoughts over the next couple of weeks as we head towards Pentacost Sunday(May 31). Pentacost was the day that the Spirit descended and the Church officially came into being, so the statement "The Word became flesh, the Word always becomes flesh" has great meaning to us at this point in the Church year. I know that we dont normally think in terms of the Church year, but it can be a helpful tool for us.
Questions?
Comments?
"Your a Catholic" remarks?
leave some thoughts.... :)
Jeff
“[Jesus] spoke words of such power and glory that they burned into the hearts of men and kindled all of the skill and creativeness that was in them. His words did not spread a frost over human potential. They roused and vivified us and set us free to do all of our work for the glory of God, whether that work meant cups of cold water, prayers, building, baking, or typing. The Word became flesh. The word always becomes flesh. What is true in a man’s heart will take on the mantle of good works, or of stone, or of gilded illuminations around the border of a manuscript, or of well-baked bread.” (Evangelical is Not Enough, p. 64.)
This reminds me of an observation by a professor at Regent College. Loren Wilkinson noted that we’re told the Word became flesh. But in our religious practice so often our efforts focus on turning that flesh back into word.
I thought that we might do some work on these thoughts over the next couple of weeks as we head towards Pentacost Sunday(May 31). Pentacost was the day that the Spirit descended and the Church officially came into being, so the statement "The Word became flesh, the Word always becomes flesh" has great meaning to us at this point in the Church year. I know that we dont normally think in terms of the Church year, but it can be a helpful tool for us.
Questions?
Comments?
"Your a Catholic" remarks?
leave some thoughts.... :)
Jeff
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