Apr 27
Three decades ago, the people in well-to-do countries were 30 times better off than those in countries where the poorest 20 percent of the world’s people live. By 1998, this gap had widened to 82 times.
Apr 15
Springsteens song says it …
“Jesus Was An Only Son”
Jesus was an only son
As he walked up Calvary Hill
His mother Mary walking beside him
In the path where his blood spilled
Jesus was an only son
In the hills of Nazareth
As he lay reading the Psalms of David
At his mother’s feet
A mother prays, “Sleep tight, my child, sleep well
For I’ll be at your side
That no shadow, no darkness, no tolling bell,
Shall pierce your dreams this night”
In the garden at Gethsemane
He prayed for the life he’d never live,
He beseeched his Heavenly Father to remove
The cup of death from his lips
Now there’s a loss that can never be replaced,
A destination that can never be reached
A light you’ll never find in another’s face,
A sea whose distance cannot be breached
Well Jesus kissed his mother’s hands
Whispered, “Mother, still your tears,
For remember the soul of the universe
Willed a world and it appeared
Apr 05
I am heading to toronto tomorrow for a weekend conf/meeting with Brian Mclaren … i am looking forward to the meeting as i have really enjoyed some of the thoughts that his books have sparked in recent years …But, I mentioned in a response to some preliminary questions from one of the organisers that i feel a caution:
if small ‘e’ emergence is consumed by the marketing of large ‘E’ Emergent, then the thoughts of emergence will be simply considered a way to speak to this most recent generation. Something like all youth groups in the 90’s using a form of the letter ‘x’ in order to reach gen x. Emergent thought must be more than another way to market, and truly collect all (Christian and not) who are concerned about the way of Jesus.
along the same lines, i ran across this thought from a person on the resonate listserve today. they challenged me further …
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