sitting on the sidelines.slash.in my saved drafts folder, i have about 4 different posts started but not yet publishing-ready. this is my problem. unfinished thoughts. or maybe my blessing in disguise, of always being in process of thinking about things. oh well. somehow i'll get over it soon so i can actually put some scraps of something out here.
for now, a few thought-threads i've been reading from someone much smarter.older.wiser than me:
"Over the centuries the Church has done enough to make any critical person want to leave it. Its history of violent crusades, pogroms, power struggles, oppression, excommunications, executions, manipulation of people and ideas, and constantly recurring divisions is there for everyone to see and be appalled by.
Can we believe that this is the same Church that carries in its center the Word of God and the sacraments of God's healing love? Can we trust that in the midst of all its human brokenness the Church presents the broken body of Christ to the world as food for eternal life? Can we acknowledge that where sin is abundant grace is superabundant, and that where promises are broken over and over again God's promise stands unshaken? To believe is to answer yes to these questions.
As Jesus was one human person among many, the Church is one organization among many. And just as there may have been people with more attractive appearances than Jesus, there may be many organizations that are a lot better run than the Church. But Jesus is the Christ appearing among us to reveal God's love, and the Church is his people called together to make his presence visible in today's world.
Would we have recognized Jesus as the Christ if we had met him many years ago? Are we able to recognize him today in his body, the Church? We are asked to make a leap of faith. If we dare to do it our eyes will be opened and we will see the glory of God."
- Henri Nouwen, Bread for the Journey
blessed be the journey today. go.fly.flapyourwings.be.free.to live his love.
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