simply christian: thoughts

I'm honestly having some not-so-Christian thoughts right now. Blogger is such a pain in the neck. I swear it doesn't work as much as it does work.

Anyway, in regard to the N.T. Wright book "Simply Christian"... a couple thoughts:

- on p. 135 he says, "...the way to be truly of use on this earth is to be genuinely heavenly minded -- and to live as one of the places where, and the means by which, heaven and earth overlap.".

I think the words "places" and "means" stand out here. I don't believe we usually think of ourselves as a "place." But that we are; we are "temples." And what is a temple but the place where God and earth come together.

- also, on p. 154, in speaking about communion, he says: "Jesus -- the real Jesus, the living Jesus, the Jesus who dwells in heaven and rules over earth as well, the Jesus who has brought God's future into the present -- wants not just to influence us, but to rescue us; not just to inform us, but to heal us; not just to give us something to think about, but to feed us, and to feed us with himself. That's what this meal is all about."

Yes. I like that. I need to remember that for the next time we celebrate communion. Which should be more often; soon.

So much of our worship, and our worship services in particular, are not really even about Jesus or God. So much of it is about us. And that is not as it should be. Because if it's about us, then it's not about worship. Or, and I hate to say, it's more about the worship of ourselves than about the worship of God.

So, let us be heavenly minded and earthly good, because of what we have been fed. I wish for you to be full of Christ.

Peace, friends. This could be a revolution.