whatever you do.

Downloading tomorrow.

Should be incredible.

Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
Produced by Trent Reznor

c/o the Tall Skinny Kiwi

Keep reforming! Continue the counter-cultural subversive movement toward the message and reign of Jesus. Babylon may be all-pervasive, but love is certainly the “greatest.”

EDIT:
Perhaps “happy” isn’t the best term to put in front of a date recalling Luther’s grief over the infiltration of earthly values in the church of his day. It might be a happy day if that one Reformation was enough. We need to grieve along side our brothers and sisters of history and continue to push ourselves to repentance. Perhaps what we need today is not merriness and pride over our past righteous acts, but fasting, prayer and reflection for our current struggles.

Thankyou, Martin. We won’t stop.

Is it out of perspective? I mean. It is only one sentence and surely must be a part of how we are to follow Christ. But we make it THE MISSION STATEMENT. To make disciples.. but most of Jesus ministry he didn’t do that, and he didn’t tell other to do that. He told them to do ‘other’ things. He said this one thing at the end. Jesus’ last word to his disciples.

The last word is usually strongest. Not because it is the most important thing the author wrote, but because it is the last thing to enter our mind.

Question:
Is the main concern of the church its own expansion? Is the main concern of the church the discipleship of its members? Is the main concern of the church the protection of truth? Is the main of concern of the church to be a beacon in its community? A little bit of all? Maybe.

Where am i going? Well, that’s my question. What is our direction? Where do the currents go? Are we sucking people into the doors of the church building? Or are we pushing people out the doors to help the neibourhood surrounding us? How exactly do we benefit the needy in our community by simply getting them to come to Sunday services? Are those living in God’s blessing not there to be a blessing in turn?

“Jesus never says to the poor, ‘Come find the church,’ but he says to those of us in the church, ‘Go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned,’ Jesus in his disguises.” – Tony Campolo

Here is another possibly (not) off topic quote…

“We are trying to shout the Gospel with our lives.” – Sister Margaret

I have just been becoming aware that I am taking in way more than I am putting out. It seems too far out of balance to be really helpful or fulfilling. Therefore, from now on, the level of my intake will be more proportional to my creative output.

Now, I am not saying that my mouth needs to be running twice as much as it is currently. That is hardly the thing anyone would benefit from, least of all me. Yet I see imbalance. I see my learning habits becoming consumption rather than filling and wise-making.

First steps: Acknowledge and name the problem.

Second steps: Repent.

Ok, Ok. Maybe I have been away. Time to admit to it, I guess.

Be back soon!