Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
LINES OF FELLOWSHIP
I have a dream
What is the RM? I mean fundamentally?
A couple of quotes from a blockbuster film:
Marcus Aurelius: "There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile. ..."
Maximus: "Marcus Aurelius had a dream that was Rome, Proximo. That is not it. That is not it! ..."
of course, MLK,jr. had a famous sermon by this title, “I have a dream” powerful, convicting, moving, disturbing, intriguing, inspiring.
but, what are “we”? fundamentally? How do we define ourselves? by tangible, logical lines of doctrine; or by something more solid, but less discernible? Are we just another denomination with an identifying set of doctrines (can you say “creed”)? Or, we held together by principles despite differences on the surface?
even to ask the question, is to run the danger of defining a denomination! if one lives in flatland, then one sees things in two-dimensional format. but, if the Spirit of God has opened ones eyes to see the warriors on the hills, then one walks in faith. "Open my eyes, that I may see,glimpses of truth Thou hast for me..."
just dreaming?!"
You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one" -- John Lennon
Humility and honesty
Hungry and homesick
jdc
What is the RM? I mean fundamentally?
A couple of quotes from a blockbuster film:
Marcus Aurelius: "There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile. ..."
Maximus: "Marcus Aurelius had a dream that was Rome, Proximo. That is not it. That is not it! ..."
of course, MLK,jr. had a famous sermon by this title, “I have a dream” powerful, convicting, moving, disturbing, intriguing, inspiring.
but, what are “we”? fundamentally? How do we define ourselves? by tangible, logical lines of doctrine; or by something more solid, but less discernible? Are we just another denomination with an identifying set of doctrines (can you say “creed”)? Or, we held together by principles despite differences on the surface?
even to ask the question, is to run the danger of defining a denomination! if one lives in flatland, then one sees things in two-dimensional format. but, if the Spirit of God has opened ones eyes to see the warriors on the hills, then one walks in faith. "Open my eyes, that I may see,glimpses of truth Thou hast for me..."
just dreaming?!"
You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one" -- John Lennon
Humility and honesty
Hungry and homesick
jdc
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