iCrucified

I knocked down another 45 pages or so of this wonderful book this am. I have determined that I will need to continue reading and rereading this for the remainder of the year…and I’m serious when I say this. I also recognized that highlighting and underlining would be futile as it would just make my copy a jumble of lines, marks and technicolor (in other words – it would all be colored and marked). I’m saying this should be mandatory reading for anyone professing themselves as a follower of Christ. Here’s an excerpt from this morning:

“Honest disciples gulp rather than gargle at the fountain of knowledge. Life is filled with difficult questions. If disciples aren’t as wise as Solomon, they’re at least honest about not having all the answers. As Moses found out on the peaks of Mount Sinai. the closer he journeyed to God, the more he was enveloped in the mist and ‘unknowing.’ As Aaron discovered at the foot of Mount Sinai, the farther people journeyed from God, the more they became certain what God looks like and cast the golden calf.” (Len Sweet)

And this, Len Sweet quotes, from Eric Brown:

“To build a non-going church, you make sure that the bond with Jesus is weak, that every decision is tepid and triple-checked, and dissuade people from taking risks.”

And from Thomas Merton, he cites this quote:

“The mission of the church is to continue Christ’s ministry on earth.”

This sounds a lot like; “As the Father sent me, so I am sending you…” John 20:21