![]() Its from the book of the same name by Kathleen Norris. Perhaps best to start with a child's description of the sky over Dakota. Not sure about what or if anyone is even still reading blogs. I've been a little bit too happy and a little too lazy.Īnyway I'm still happy but in my post-greenbelt glow its time to write once more. I know its been a while and I've no excuse. May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger and war so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joyĪnd may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in the world so that you can do what others claim cannot be done to bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor…”Ībba Moses. May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace “May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships so that you may live deep within your heart In the meantime here's a little blessing from the Franciscans who have a lot more experience in this area than me. This is an issue I will be wrestling with every day walking through the city centre. Its not hard to work out which is the gospel response and which is the middle class protestant response.Īnd its not as simple as that but I think that was the point that Jonathan was making when he talked about Christianity being hard. Part of me believes in feeding the poor and sheltering the homeless, and part of me thinks - I pay taxes and there is a welfare state - you don't have to be homeless. I confess that I struggle to know what to do in these situations. I thought of this today when I was walking back from work and passed 2 Big Issue sellers, and was accosted by an obviously drunk man asking me for either a cigarette or strangely, thirty pence. Christianity if you take it seriously is very hard. ![]() What the gospels call you to do is antithetical to a lot of middle class and church values. It wasn't a simple Billy Graham moment of conversion and then life is fine. One of the key points to his story was his learning that christianity was hard. He is part of the new monasticism movement and he was giving some context to his work in the states. ![]() ![]() I heard Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove (click on title above to visit his website) speak at Greenbelt. ![]()
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