A hyper-active mind…

Posted by ericgmorgan

May 21, 2007

Things I am thinking about…

Family Monastic Communities:
(http://johnmichaeltalbot.blogspot.com/) Sometimes individuals and families need more than vacation to get things on track. Sometime an extended sabbatical is needed. How nice would it be to take 3-6 months off to just hang-out with God and family and grow those relationships. I have always thought about starting a retreat center. A place of solitude, meditation, and reflection.

Self imposed legalism:
In my spiritual life I feel as though I have to ‘prove’ myself to others by being involved in everything church or ministry related. This is the way the ‘church’ discipled me after I came to faith. It is hellish and wrong… causing stress and burnout. “Do more”… “Be more”… “That is all you do?”… I have a tendency to replace my walk with Jesus with ‘ministry’. These two are not equal. I have to make “First things First”. Gal 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

God’s love:
God really loves me… I need to love myself… Bruce’s message yesterday was a bulls-eye for my life.

Bible Translations:
I think many of the bible translations we see on the market are driven by ‘Christian’ consumerism. In America, Christianity is an enterprise not a movement. I have found a lot of comfort in my old King James Bible.

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