week 6, post 2
Blog entry week 6
Nietzsche was right: religion is a good place for passive and timid people to hide from life. And Christianity is a religion. But Nietzsche was only half right: the Way of the Cross, discipleship to Jesus, is not a religion. Discipleship can turn the wounded, frightened, defeated people of the world into courageous, won’t back down or be stopped world changers. Discipleship is where I take risks, live on the edge, get beyond self-will run riot. Discipleship is where I resist the Wal-Martization of my soul. See, the Gospel is not a dogma. And it is not an ideology. The Gospel makes timid people brave, and makes wild, reckless people settle down and have some respect for limits. Where the Gospel leads me is not where the Gospel takes my friend Scott, or Susan, or Marilyn, or James. If the Gospel makes us all more loving, it will nonetheless do that in N different directions. That is why I am ultimately Baptist – I have to pay attention to where the Master is leading ME. The Gospel is where I find the wherewithal to be here and do this.
I post, with minimum comment, two images from my recent trip to Grand Isle. For a sense of scale, imagine a pickup truck parked comfortably halfway back under the barge’s nose. It’s that big. Contemplate both and let your Self respond.
Peace, Warren
posted by warren @ 9:40 AM
1 Comments:
(For those of you who may not know, you can click on each of the 2 pictures Warren has posted here and a larger image will come up.)
Hi Warren,
First of all, I wish you would post WHY you started out with the Nietsche musings. Secondly, it isn't only the Way of the Cross, it is also Resurrection. (You might be surprised to see me write this, me being Miss Gloom 'n Doom.)
About the pics:
Well, as far as the barge goes, there isn't enough information. If it is something people live in, I don't feel too sorry for them as it is bigger than our shack. If it is a place of employment, I wish you would tell us what it is for.
The flag. (Sigh.) Ok, my personal gut response, I'm warning you, it won't be "nice": To me it speaks of our nation right now--tattered, not much left, in ruins, desperately trying to regain the old days of glory.
I'm sure somebody else will say that it proves the "enduring quality of the American Spirit". Those blind to reality are ever with us.
I suppose somebody else might say it reminds them of "One nation under God...". Only if we stop tearing each other apart.
Ok, somebody else PLEASE post on here........it's really easy to sign up.
Gloomy Hugz,
Ritagail
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