What if….
What if there really is a great and good and kind God, and we humans really are God’s creatures, though we lose our way sometimes? And what if our deepest dream is really true, that the God who really exists really loves us? … And what if for every obvious and sleazy religious huckster there are in fact a dozen subtle but sincere examples of spiritual authenticity and vibrancy whose influence would do the rest of us a lot of good?’
(Brian McLaren, More ready than you realize, p.13)
January 29th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Yeah, what if? Would the world be ready for that kind of experience? Man, we can only hope and pray!
January 29th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
“what if for every obvious and sleazy religious huckster there are in fact a dozen subtle but sincere examples of spiritual authenticity”
What if?
I’m sure that this is in fact the case,
Trouble is even many of us who believe have been fooled enough in the past that we won’t accept the sincere until we see it day after day after day (and even then I’m ready for a bit of extramarital, offering theft and drug use with an eight year old, yep. I won’t get fooled again)
And if I as a believer won’t trust, what the hell are those who are searching for something going to think?
January 30th, 2007 at 3:00 am
One of my favorite books. And my hope, every day, all the time, is that this is true. I believe it - but even more so, I am hopeful it is true.