Wednesday 19 December 2012
Tuesday 11 December 2012
no vocabulary
There's no vocabulary
For love within a family, love that's lived in
But not looked at, love within the light of which
All else is seen, the love within which
All other love finds speech.
This love is silent.
T.S. Eliot
That's a great and profound thought! I can see it perfectly in my own experience of family. However, in the context of church, which takes on the metaphor of family, why do we have to keep finding a vocabulary to suggest Christian love and community? We're so self-conscious, sometimes; so artificial; so reminding, perhaps. I found reading Andrew Francis, Hospitality and Community (2012) a real help to a less self-conscious Christianity. Also, Ian Stackhouse, Primitive Piety (2012), chapter 9, 'Untamed Hospitality' a terrific challenge.
For love within a family, love that's lived in
But not looked at, love within the light of which
All else is seen, the love within which
All other love finds speech.
This love is silent.
T.S. Eliot
That's a great and profound thought! I can see it perfectly in my own experience of family. However, in the context of church, which takes on the metaphor of family, why do we have to keep finding a vocabulary to suggest Christian love and community? We're so self-conscious, sometimes; so artificial; so reminding, perhaps. I found reading Andrew Francis, Hospitality and Community (2012) a real help to a less self-conscious Christianity. Also, Ian Stackhouse, Primitive Piety (2012), chapter 9, 'Untamed Hospitality' a terrific challenge.
Wednesday 5 December 2012
Hokey Kokey
I saw the other day a notice that said: 'What if the hokey kokey is really what it's all about?' Food for thought, perhaps!
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