"There is an intellectual desire, an eros of the mind. Without it there would arise no questioning, no inquiry, no wonder." Bernard Lonergan

"It seems clear that humans cannot significantly reduce or mitigate the dangers inherent in their use of life by ccumulating more information or better theories or by achieving greater predictability or more caution in their scientific and industrial work. To treat life as less than a miracle is to give up on it." Wendell Berry

"Do not be afraid, my little flock, for it is the Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." Luke 12:32

Friday, March 15, 2013

This image found at relevantmagazine.com a site you all should follow and give time and attention to. This image is from St. Peter's in Rome from the past week. What does it tell us about the nature of the church? Here are a group of people participating in a ritual that is 1000's of years old. Look what has happened in the past 8 years. What does it tell us about the nature of the church? Everything is chaning in our midst. My sermon on Sunday should have been titled, "The seven last words of the church: we've never done it that way before." I think most of us think that if we change how we practice our faith we will become like "them" (whoever "them" is). My argument: we better be prepared to change so that "we" can remain being "us." The change is exponential. We ignore it at our own peril.
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  1. AnnMarch 26, 2013 at 4:23 AM

    If we, as individuals are to learn and grow, why not the church? Change, because it is unknown is hard. God is unknown and the more I seek God the less I can "explain" God, yet I feel closer to God and am not as fearful as I walk this journey. We as a church are called to walk the path God has laid out for us, which will take us into unchartered territory...the unknown, unfamiliar, the exciting. I hope and pray that I am ready to respond positively in the change that is coming our way at WMPC.

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  2. Christopher EdmonstonMarch 27, 2013 at 8:39 AM

    One thing I am going to say in my sermon on April 14 is this: we are not the ones bringing about the necessity to talk about change, plan for it, and undertake it. It is happening around us all the time. The call is to adapt that our witness would be in conversation and while in conversation, continually heard. Let me give an example: an hour glass keeps the time well enough if it is calibrated correctly. But, how many people would forsake a digital clock -- small, durable, easily fits in pocket or on a cell phone -- for the hour glass. Especially when we consider the size of the hour glass, the bulkiness of the frame, the fragility of the glass, and its shear size. It is not that the hour glass was broken, per say. It is that there evolved a more efficient and convenient way to keep time.

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