A helpful insight from Eugene Peterson: "Intimacy isn't primarily a mystical emotion. It's a way of life, a life of openness, honesty, a certain transparency."
I find that liberating and holistic. It's in line with the suggestion I make in Praying the Pattern, where I suggest that prayer is about lifestyle and a rule of life is a kind of praying - or at least the groundwork for praying our life and living our prayer (an Iona community phrase).
Spirituality for All the Wrong Reasons - Christianity Today Magazine:
"Spend and tax" not "tax and spend"
I got a response from my MP which got me kind of mad. You'll see why as I reproduce it here. Apologies for the strange changes in types...
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"'Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell yo...
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I'm not sure people have believed me when I've said that there have been discovered uncaffeinated coffee beans. Well, here's one...
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Man! I really like your site!
I am a protestant who has been influenced by many Orthodox teachings. The result is very little patience for many of todays "approaches" to God, and a desire for God Himself (kind of a Thomas a Kempis, "Imitation of Christ" kind of thing...).
Blessings!
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