Connections
One of the most appealing thoughts in Eastern Religion that is often lost on the Western Christian is the connection we have with all of reality. With our personal relationship with God that involves us owning our own Bible and having personal quiet times, prayer times, and study times and with the variety and convenience of churches we can go where we want when we want to worship how we want and so much of this religion that we practice is about us, individually. In an effort to fight against the heretical idea of pantheism we allow monotheism to become defined in our own lives as “God is disconnected and so are we.”
We very seldom think in terms like, “I must read scripture and contemplate its meaning so that my wife might have a good day, or so that my co-workers might be able to do their job better, or so the person I smile at as they wait for their bus might think that someone cares.”
One of the reasons I love the movie Crash is that it reveals the reality that we do nothing in isolation, but everything we think and do has consequences for someone else. In this short talk we discover the connection between plastic and the poor. How should these facts impact you as you make your next consumption choice?
Tuesday is Pew Shuffle Day :-)
While it’s a couple of white dudes you have to agree it’s a pretty creative way to help Midtown Fellowship’s people get ready to move from a rented venue to a church with pews.
Tuesdays are for Bobs! :-)
If you read A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, then the following video of the 2011 News Years Day “Participants Only” Parade will bring a smile to your face. If you don’t know the story it all started with a couple of bored kids on New Years Day who didn’t want people to watch, but actually participate in a parade. As the video shows it’s grown to be much more than that over the last 10 years. This is only a picture of what a family who believes that they have the power to change the world can do. Go here to see what else they have been up to, or read Donald Miller‘s book.
What might we do in 2011 that blows up like this even if it means no one is watching?
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