interesting
c.s. lewis quote on twitter:
C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily “The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God.” ~ #CSLewis
and my twitter rabbi's reply:
David Wolpe @RabbiWolpe @CSLewisDaily perfect synagogue service we'd be equally aware of all those images of God around us. #community
C. S. Lewis
and my twitter rabbi's reply:
David Wolpe
posted by melilotnfosco | 10:44 PM
12 Comments:
it has me thinking
It has you thinking what?
i'm not quite sure. i'm still thinking.
but the rabbi liked my reply ("This has me thinking. I like thinking. Thank you.") to his tweet, so that's exciting :)
:P
(I look forward to hearing what you're thinking when you figure out what you're thinking.)
i knew your response would be you sticking your tongue out at me.
i think it has me thinking because i'm one who would rather ignore people around me, especially during a church service. and yet God did make us for community and when He created man, He created him in His image. people are the closest we get to seeing God on earth.
and if you think of a perfect church service as just thinking about God, then what is the point of the church service? i don't like church. i'd be better off going into nature and losing myself in worship there.
there has got to be a way for me to want to be aware of both God and people. there is something missing, and it lies somewhere in what the rabbi said.
Oh my word, I am such an idiot. I read that and thought it meant images as in pictures or other representations of God! Now I understand. :) And excellent thoughts. Mary and her blog friends do this "pick one word" to focus on for the year. First I was going to do "obedience" (or "obedient"), but after reading her book, I decided on "love," and of course it's been all around me now. The first youth group I went to help with (last week), the passage was the fruits of the Spirit, and he talked about how love is the most important one and the basis for all the others. Then last Sunday we talked about love too, and he gave us practical ways to love others. I listed them all out, but had been thinking about them anyway. And then just now a political friend (a charming in a bad way kind of guy, but also a cool guy, just still young and immature and wanting "fun") was texting me and joked about how i'm mean to myself and that it's sort of hilarious and that God said that the more we love ourselves, the more we can love others. I don't think that's quite what that verse says, but it is a point nonetheless, and I think I've posted about it before. So my word is "love" -- loving others, seeing love, receiving love. And mel, don't forget that movie you just watched -- you have a lot to offer others. :)
that is a good word :)
i think i have something to offer others. i just, i don't know. i need to put a higher value on community and on the reflection of God that can be seen in other people.
words fail my thoughts sometimes
I think I mostly understood. :)
I think part of it can be sorting it all out too... it takes quite a bit of time to get to know someone intimately, which I think is what you prefer (it's what I prefer!). And not everyone is someone you feel like you can connect with like that. So there can be some disappointment or even drama in figuring that out. But I think certain situations can bring people together who wouldn't be close otherwise. Like with your job now, I know not all those girls are who you'd ordinarily be friends with, but you've gotten to know them because it's a close-knit community, and you help to continue that by thinking of creative things to do at the office, posting things on people's walls when it makes you think of them, etc. I think my liberty group fits that too -- some of us would never be friends otherwise! But we're almost like a family. I get frustrated with them, I enjoy them, I'm hurt by them, I learn from them. I think that's how the early church was (at least it's a bit how I imagine it in my mind), and it's how I think church should be. We've become too much like the world, I think. "You do not have because you do not ask" ... perhaps this is something we should be asking/praying for.
(P.S. It's a good thing you finally answered my question about what you were thinking! Or I would've remained confused! ;) )
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