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The Broken Body of Christ

Jul 30

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The Power of the Cross

Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and purpose.

Christ sends us to proclaim the gospel simply, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power.

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.

Jesus died and rose for all, but many want a savior who is about power for this world, this life.

The power of the cross is the resurrection, which shows us that this life is not all there is.

The power of the cross is that it is the ultimate expression of unconditional love for us imperfect, unfinished people.

The power of the cross can free us to die to our self-centeredness, our self-righteousness, our false sense of superiority, our judgmental spirit, our delusion of infallibility.  These are the mindsets that twist our belief that we belong to the people of God into the blinding sin of pride. The power of the love of God expressed in dying on the cross can free us from our blind spots of pride, so we can become peacemakers.

The Broken Body by Eileen

Reflecting on the Body

You, the hand, I, the foot

Christ, the head, perhaps the heart

Someone else, the hidden part,

I let the scriptures

Flood my mind with images.

Then suddenly one image

Is so harshly real,

I gasp aloud.

I see a person staggering

And stumbling toward me,

Arms flailing, head jerking

Back and forth in spasms,

Body parts all pulling

Different ways.

This then – reality

Christ’s earthly body now.

       Forgive us! Eileen

OUCH!

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Resurrection through Connection

Apr 6

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Richard Rohr describes how it’s possible to experience resurrection before we die: 

We don’t need to wait for death to experience resurrection. We can begin resurrection today by living connected to God. Resurrection happens every time we love someone even though they were not very loving to us. At that moment we have been brought to new life. Every time we decide to trust and begin again, even after repeated failures, at that moment we’ve been resurrected. Every time we refuse to become negative, cynical, hopeless, we have experienced the Risen Christ. We don’t have to wait for it later. Resurrection is always possible now.  

The resurrection is not Jesus’ private miracle; it’s the new shape of reality. It’s the new shape of the world. It’s filled with grace. It’s filled with possibility. It’s filled with newness.  

The resurrection is not a miracle story to prove the divinity of Christ, something that makes him the winner. It’s a storyline that allows us all to be winners. ALL! No exceptions! There’s no eternal death for anybody: ALL are invited to draw upon this infinite Source, this infinite Mystery, this infinite Love, this infinite Possibility. Spiritually speaking, we live in a world of abundance, of infinity. But most of us walk around as if it were not true, operating in a world of scarcity where there’s never enough. There’s not enough for me, there’s not enough for you, there’s not enough for everybody.  

And so we hoard it—Spirit, Love, Life—to ourselves. We hoard grace, we hoard mercy. We don’t allow ourselves to be conduits through which it pours into the world. Truly, the only way we can hold onto grace, mercy, love, joy—any spiritual gift—is to give them away consciously and intentionally. Once we stop acting as a conduit, we lose them ourselves. That’s why there are so many sad, bitter, and angry people. Disconnected from God, we choose death. We ourselves contribute to negativity, cynicism, anger, and even to the oppression of other races and religions. In that state, it’s always other people who are wrong.  

Posted in God loves us so pass it on., We experience new beginnings, resurrections, when we share the grace we have received.

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Jan 24

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A funny, yet tender writer, Sean Dietrich, made the light brighter for me.  He says, “What we are all about is being love letters from God to each other.”  That sums it all up. It isn’t about being perfect. It isn’t about being right. It isn’t about changing the world. It’s about being a love letter from God to the person in front of us at any given time. And that can be those reading our blog, seeing our painting, hearing our song, eating our cake, receiving our smile, gift certificates for a lunch at Wendys, getting our letter or phone call, or a hot bowl of homemade soup. That’s it guys. Do it. But remember to tell them you got it from God.  God loves us all.  Pass it on.

Posted in God loves us so pass it on., Pass the love with a letter, a call, some soup, a Wendy's gift certificate,, Passing on the Love of God in a letter a call, a smile, a lunch certificate at Wendys

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