Fun week so far hanging out with the family - soaking up the sun, squeezing some sand between the toes, and letting my mind drift away with the current. It's a different life from keeping pace with the rhythms of ministry. The interruption breaks the pattern and invites one into not just a different life but into seeing the pace of life differently. Some activities in our day to day routines (prayer, meditation, exercise, reading the Bible) actually create increased capacity for living, feeding you, increasing energy, and providing greater focus. Others seem to diminish you - drawing you into what seems like and never ending cycle of striving. We really only recognize the latter through the lens of the former. Hence, the necessity for embedding in "normal life" consistent "Capacity-increasing" activities. As we wrap up our week on "vacation" this appears more non-negotiable than ever.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Celebrating Life
It could be said that the passing of time is marked and given tempo by the occurrence of special occasions. In church life, time is kept in seasons like Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter. In one's personal life, time is measured and celebrated as we observe birthdays and anniversaries, baptisms and weddings, victories and achievements. The life lived well seems to be full of such moments - each one a looking back to a seminal event in which a special grace was experienced and looking forward anticipating the life sustaining presence and work of God. Without this anticipation, how could we ever really have live in hope?
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