tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post3370771453832613735..comments2024-03-28T10:26:20.408-04:00Comments on Ponderings on a Faith Journey: Signs of the Reign of God?Robert Cornwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04581876323110725024noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-58786368293115351402011-11-22T05:57:55.057-05:002011-11-22T05:57:55.057-05:00Please don't think of yourself as uneducated. ...Please don't think of yourself as uneducated. We are all educated in different things. Some formal education. Others through life experience. When I was a kid I was labeled slow. It wasn't until college that I discovered I'm kind of smart. I think that is partly why I'm so sensitive about reaching out to the undereducated in my personal writings.<br /><br />I've contacted Bob in private in the past to ask him to please contact me if my posts are ever harmful to his goals for this forum. Each forum has its own goals. <br /><br />But yeah, I miss the good conversations that were part of every day life at seminary. This is a place I can come to scratch that itch. I just wish Clark Williamson had a blog. Then I wouldn't be such a pain in the arse over here!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396901667077846319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-79879781526303897502011-11-21T18:25:45.460-05:002011-11-21T18:25:45.460-05:00"When I come to this forum it is mostly to en..."When I come to this forum it is mostly to engage in theological discussion"<br /><br />That's understood. You just have to put up with us uneducated interlopers.<br /><br />I come to see how Christian sausages are made, and where they're headed!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496392728357471483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-81925494962801875322011-11-21T06:45:16.038-05:002011-11-21T06:45:16.038-05:00David - The people who experience my ministry face...David - The people who experience my ministry face to face experience me this way. When I come to this forum it is mostly to engage in theological discussion of the sort that I deeply miss from seminary. Bob is a scholar and professor. While I like to poke fun of Fuller and Barth, that is how we talked around the lunch tables at CTS. The profs were very accessible that way. For those of us who actually enjoyed seminary, we miss it when it is gone. <br /><br />Just to make sure people are clear, Fuller is one of the most highly respected seminaries in the world. I wouldn't poke fun if it were not. Now Barth on the other hand.....Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396901667077846319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-3950520448774374562011-11-20T17:57:37.694-05:002011-11-20T17:57:37.694-05:00I hate to wish weakness on you Brian, but I like t...I hate to wish weakness on you Brian, but I like the state you were in when writing this. I doubt you were delirious when seeing these things.<br /><br />I also see the hand of God when my grand-daughter says. YES, I would LIKE to visit great-grandma today!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496392728357471483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-88412987104300551212011-11-20T14:33:24.170-05:002011-11-20T14:33:24.170-05:00Thanks Brian for sharing these reflections!Thanks Brian for sharing these reflections!Robert Cornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04581876323110725024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-84746795480329216712011-11-20T08:15:48.645-05:002011-11-20T08:15:48.645-05:00"So, as we move toward the observance of Chri..."So, as we move toward the observance of Christ the King Sunday, where do we see signs of God's reign in Christ in the hear and now? Where do we see relationships being restored? Where do we see justice being established? Where do we see beauty being discovered or created?" <br /><br />Since we're all standing in different locations, our views will differ. Below is where I see the Hand of God. <br /><br />- Relationships restored in hospital rooms as family gather to have final words with a dying parent.<br /><br />- Justice being established when young mothers with no income/insurance are treated to state of the art health care in comfortable surroundings as if they were well to do. <br /><br />- Beauty discovered when the eyes light up as a woman with severe dementia sings "The Old Rugged Cross" and recites the King James Version of the 23rd Psalm.<br /><br />- Holy gifts beyond my clumsy explanation occur within my heart when I talk to Jesus like I did as a small child. <br /><br /> Another term for Christ the King Sunday is Christ the Cosmic Ruler Sunday. While I don't use this with my faith communities, it resonates with me. I find the deepest sense of wonder when I venture into the country as far from artificial light as possible to meditate upon the night sky. It brings me back to deep faith as I wonder if the star I'm looking at ceased to exist before King David was born, yet the light is just now reaching my eye. <br /><br />Blessings to all this Sunday. I'm starting to come out of a bad cold/virus. When I am made weak, I tend to "feel it" more. This is nice as I'm more of a mental guy most of the time.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396901667077846319noreply@blogger.com