I am very thankful to have children. I am thankful that I have the opportunity to be a father to a boy and to my girls. Finn just started pre-school this week. He's doing so well. He attends a Greek Orthodox school. I think my little Irish boy is doing just fine there. Actually, there are lots of kids from Trinity at the Annunciation Day School.
Finn is a lot of fun. He's growing up very fast. I love him very much. Way to go, boy!
20 August 2008
communion
From my dear brother, T.S. Eliot....
"The dripping blood our only drink,
The bloody flesh our only food:
In spite of which we like to think
That we are sound, substantial flesh and blood-
Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday Good.
Think about that.
"The dripping blood our only drink,
The bloody flesh our only food:
In spite of which we like to think
That we are sound, substantial flesh and blood-
Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday Good.
Think about that.
An editorial about Todd Bentley's fall from grace
It's worth a read.
http://fireinmybones.com/Columns/081308.html
http://fireinmybones.com/Columns/081308.html
09 August 2008
feet that climb mountains
I count them...2,4,6,8,10,12,14 feet. They are surrounding the triangulation marker that sits at the peak of Kennesaw Mountain. It's the highest point of the mountain... and my family climbed it today. It was so much fun. The smallest feet (9 o'clock) belong to Finn. He's four and he rocked the mountain like a champ. He refused help. He made it all the way (as did all of us) to the peak... and then all the way down - all by himself.
I am so proud of Maddy, Scout, Finn, Grace and Zoe for scaling their first mountain ever. They all became mountain climbers on their first try! Well done, kids.
Oh yeah, Kris and Karyn made it, too! Good times were had by all. Check out my flickr page for more pics of the day. (www.flickr.com/photos/krismcdaniel)
I am so proud of Maddy, Scout, Finn, Grace and Zoe for scaling their first mountain ever. They all became mountain climbers on their first try! Well done, kids.
Oh yeah, Kris and Karyn made it, too! Good times were had by all. Check out my flickr page for more pics of the day. (www.flickr.com/photos/krismcdaniel)
Rainbows are free
These shoes turned up on my back porch this week. They are a gift from a mysterious stranger. Whoever you are, thank you! I love them. My old ones are totally worn out but I continued to wear them up until the minute I discovered these. I am so happy. Thanks again to whoever it was that dropped them off on my porch. God bless you.
concrete reality vs. spiritual existence
I'm reading "The Resurrection of the Son of God" (NT Wright) with some friends. We're almost 2/3's the way through it. The book itself is quite a read- it's over 750 pages long. While I think the good Bishop could have said what he needed to say in a much smaller space, I am being challenged and impacted by the read.
One of the principle things I take from Wright's work is the truth of a concrete reality with regard to Resurrection over and above it being simply 'spiritual'. There is so much bad thinking/teaching in Christian circles relating to this. We're taught from early on that one day we'll escape the physical in order to live in the spiritual. We even take St. Paul out of context when he talks of 'flesh' and 'spirit'. We've put our physical self below our spiritual self. The funny thing about that is, at least according to my understanding, the ancients saw no differentiation or compartmentalization like this. When Paul speaks of 'flesh'... it appears to me to mean that he's speaking of the acts of the flesh - not the physical nature of our bodies. Our bodies, or the material world for that matter, are not bad... indeed - it's the physical person that will one day be Resurrected. We will be raised, not into disembodied eternal bliss, sitting on clouds and strumming harps... We will be physically remade. Thus, the soul and body will be together.
Tertullian, one of the great early theologians of the church, speaks to this...Wright says of Tertullian's theological stance, "Flesh is very important within Christian thinking; it received grace, the grace of Christ himself, and when St. Paul said negative things about 'the flesh', he was referring to its actions, not to the substance itself... What matters is God's power as creator. What He made, he can remake."
One of the principle things I take from Wright's work is the truth of a concrete reality with regard to Resurrection over and above it being simply 'spiritual'. There is so much bad thinking/teaching in Christian circles relating to this. We're taught from early on that one day we'll escape the physical in order to live in the spiritual. We even take St. Paul out of context when he talks of 'flesh' and 'spirit'. We've put our physical self below our spiritual self. The funny thing about that is, at least according to my understanding, the ancients saw no differentiation or compartmentalization like this. When Paul speaks of 'flesh'... it appears to me to mean that he's speaking of the acts of the flesh - not the physical nature of our bodies. Our bodies, or the material world for that matter, are not bad... indeed - it's the physical person that will one day be Resurrected. We will be raised, not into disembodied eternal bliss, sitting on clouds and strumming harps... We will be physically remade. Thus, the soul and body will be together.
Tertullian, one of the great early theologians of the church, speaks to this...Wright says of Tertullian's theological stance, "Flesh is very important within Christian thinking; it received grace, the grace of Christ himself, and when St. Paul said negative things about 'the flesh', he was referring to its actions, not to the substance itself... What matters is God's power as creator. What He made, he can remake."
05 August 2008
new church sign idea:)
I came across this in my wife's hometown (Dahlonega, Ga.). It's good to know that there are still church signs out there that strike a chord. Listen up, Trinity folk!!
I am kidding... just so we're clear about that. If anyone has an old sign where we can put letters on it, I think it'd make for a pretty great piece of cafe artwork. We could say things we'd never really say.... and all have a good laugh.
I am kidding... just so we're clear about that. If anyone has an old sign where we can put letters on it, I think it'd make for a pretty great piece of cafe artwork. We could say things we'd never really say.... and all have a good laugh.
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