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>Acts of God

June 2, 2010 by Fritz

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“… the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. – 1st Kings 19:11b-13a (ESB)

Floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, and fires are call “Acts of God”, but Elijah knew the quiet whisper was the real “Act Of God” and that’s when he responded.

It has been said we miss the miraculous because we are looking for the spectacular. God chooses the ordinary – the low whisper, a blue collar carpenter family, a stable at an obscure inn of an obscure town, rough fishermen and IRS agents, even our own hands, feet, and possessions – to express Himself.

Being an ordinary expression of Christ is our mission, should we choose to accept it, and it is miraculous.

– fritz

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>An armload of Zucchini

June 1, 2010 by Fritz

>Garrison Keillor, though not in my spiritual or political camp, makes an important point how we should recognize ourselves in today’s information overloaded society:

“You’ve come armed with 20 minutes of wit and wisdom … like a man with an armload of zucchini, and your audience has been eating zucchini all week and would now like never to see another one.

And so you cut to the chase.”1

– fritz

1 A Prairie Home Companion May 18, 2010

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"Be cute or die"

May 31, 2010 by Fritz

Dallas Willard wrote something profound in the “Smothered By Slogans” section of his book, The Divine Conspiracy, on page 12:

… popular sayings attract because people are haunted by the idea from the intellectual heights that life is, in reality, absurd. Thus the only acceptable relief is to be cute or clever. In homes and on public buildings of the past, words of serious and unselfconscious exhortation, invocation, and blessing were hung or carved in stone and wood. But that world has past. Now the law is “Be cute or die.”… the particular “message” doesn’t matter.

In the next section he adds:

Jesus offers himself as God’s doorway into the life that is truly life. Confidence in him leads us … to become his apprentices in eternal living. “Those who come through me will be safe,” he said. “They will go in and out and find all they need. I have come into their world that they may have life, and life to the limit.”

Take a moment to think about the wonderful invitation and reality in Christ of living a truly meanfulul life.

-fritz

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