Session 3
Whatever happened to wonder?
technology has wooed us perhaps to kill us. The screen has replaced the heavens...Do you agree?
there is pros and cons to how the world has grown because of technology but has it damped our imagination at all? What do you think?
when some Africans were asked why they think they see more miracles than the western society does, they answer: "we have doctors".
Do you think we need imagination to hear the voice of God?
'If you describe a kiss in sheer physical terms, it sounds repulsive. Two people press their moist, creased facial orifices together, cinch tight the sphincter muscles to draw the flesh around the orifice into a bulbous mound, and exchange saliva and breath. It takes imagination to transmute that into an act of intimacy and eroticism. It takes the power to see beyond and beneath the stark physicality of it. Those who look at the stars and see only dead rock and gases are like men who have spent their lives analyzing kisses and have never kissed anyone.
We do that; Christians do, churches do. Look at Communion. Communion is tasting death and tasting life.
Aren't you left hungry and thirsty, both in reality (a tiny piece of bread when you probably didn't have breakfast and that yummy juice that you could glug a full cup full) and spiritually (wanting to know and experience all that the body and the blood do for us)?
A youth group was asked if they think the church is more like Indiana Jones or a How to Sew Instructional video. Can you guess what they answered? How can we align with God to facilitate his kingdom on earth?
The God we think we know is bigger. We know so little, really.
technology has wooed us perhaps to kill us. The screen has replaced the heavens...Do you agree?
there is pros and cons to how the world has grown because of technology but has it damped our imagination at all? What do you think?
when some Africans were asked why they think they see more miracles than the western society does, they answer: "we have doctors".
Do you think we need imagination to hear the voice of God?
'If you describe a kiss in sheer physical terms, it sounds repulsive. Two people press their moist, creased facial orifices together, cinch tight the sphincter muscles to draw the flesh around the orifice into a bulbous mound, and exchange saliva and breath. It takes imagination to transmute that into an act of intimacy and eroticism. It takes the power to see beyond and beneath the stark physicality of it. Those who look at the stars and see only dead rock and gases are like men who have spent their lives analyzing kisses and have never kissed anyone.
We do that; Christians do, churches do. Look at Communion. Communion is tasting death and tasting life.
Aren't you left hungry and thirsty, both in reality (a tiny piece of bread when you probably didn't have breakfast and that yummy juice that you could glug a full cup full) and spiritually (wanting to know and experience all that the body and the blood do for us)?
A youth group was asked if they think the church is more like Indiana Jones or a How to Sew Instructional video. Can you guess what they answered? How can we align with God to facilitate his kingdom on earth?
The God we think we know is bigger. We know so little, really.
posted by Salina | 8:17 p.m.
1 Comments:
Yes, I believe the screen has replaced the heavens.It lulls us to sleep.Many may disagree with me but I am very serious that these things scream out for a place in our heart.I really think that we can have as much of Jesus as we want however what are we willing to lay down?I don't believe it is possible to give up anything unless we truly understand the love God has for us.The love must move from head knowledge to heart.This is possible.God wants it even more than us.He died to give it to us.
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