Comments on: Reality Check http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/reality-check/ ...on earth as it is in heaven Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:15:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: grace http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/reality-check/#comment-7837 grace Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:07 +0000 http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-7837 Thanks for the link <b>Mark</b>. This is a good thing to think about again today. Nice to meet you <b>Sue</b>. Any friend of Mark is very welcome here too. Thanks for the link Mark. This is a good thing to think about again today.

Nice to meet you Sue. Any friend of Mark is very welcome here too.

]]> By: Sue http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/reality-check/#comment-7836 Sue Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:50:54 +0000 http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-7836 Came here via Mark R above. Wow! Wonderful :) Came here via Mark R above. Wow! Wonderful :)

]]> By: Mark R http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/reality-check/#comment-7835 Mark R Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:58:21 +0000 http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-7835 I've grabbed a fair bit of this - cut and pasted and have linked here. I’ve grabbed a fair bit of this – cut and pasted and have linked here.

]]> By: smudge http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/reality-check/#comment-7724 smudge Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:43:48 +0000 http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-7724 thank you so much for this Blog Grace... it expresses things I have wanted to for a while... the writing including the phrase 'thin places' was something I read a while ago and have been searching for in the last year or so, but couldn't remember much about it... the more charismatic evangelicals use terms like 'portals' [such as where Jacob wrestled with the angel etc] and that is ok with me [although controversial with some] I wish I could find the poem[?] which speaks about the place between heaven and earth being 'thin,' or something, at Christmas time..or a Door ajar or something similar. thank you so much for this Blog Grace…
it expresses things I have wanted to for a while…

the writing including the phrase ‘thin places’ was something I read a while ago and have been searching for in the last year or so, but couldn’t remember much about it…

the more charismatic evangelicals use terms like ‘portals’ [such as where Jacob wrestled with the angel etc] and that is ok with me [although controversial with some]

I wish I could find the poem[?] which speaks about the place between heaven and earth being ‘thin,’ or something, at Christmas time..or a Door ajar or something similar.

]]> By: grace http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/reality-check/#comment-7692 grace Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:48:44 +0000 http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-7692 Thanks <b>mark, peggy, mimou, and bruce</b> for adding your thoughts. It might sound funny for me to say this, but I love this post. I love looking at the pictures and thinking these thoughts. <b>jason</b>, How did your meeting go? I had to smile a bit at <b>fat pastor</b> talking about thick places. ;) <b>charlie</b>, Interesting thought about the thin places in our lives being areas of weakness and vulnerability. <b>traveller</b>, I believe that NT Wright also emphasizes the current reality of new creation and resurrected life that is already ours. I still need to read <i>Surprised by Hope</i>. Thanks mark, peggy, mimou, and bruce for adding your thoughts. It might sound funny for me to say this, but I love this post. I love looking at the pictures and thinking these thoughts.

jason,
How did your meeting go?

I had to smile a bit at fat pastor talking about thick places. ;)

charlie,
Interesting thought about the thin places in our lives being areas of weakness and vulnerability.

traveller,
I believe that NT Wright also emphasizes the current reality of new creation and resurrected life that is already ours. I still need to read Surprised by Hope.

]]> By: Bruce Harpel http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/reality-check/#comment-7689 Bruce Harpel Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:13:38 +0000 http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-7689 Woah ! Thanks, I needed that. B Woah !
Thanks, I needed that.
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]]> By: traveller http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/reality-check/#comment-7675 traveller Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:42:04 +0000 http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-7675 N. T. Wright writes that heaven and earth are juxtaposed against one another and there is only a thin veil between the two. Likewise, he says that the Kingdom is breaking through. It is breaking through in our lives since we are now God's temple on earth, just as the Old Testament temple in Jerusalem was the dwelling place of God. So, the lives of those, individually and collectively, who follow Jesus show the world what the rule and reign of Jesus is, and ultimately will be at his appearing and the renewal of all creation. When thought of in this way it reminds me how important it is for my life to be transformed by the Holy Spirit as I wish my life to be under his rule and reign and for it to draw people to that Kingdom. Wonderful post. Thanks! N. T. Wright writes that heaven and earth are juxtaposed against one another and there is only a thin veil between the two. Likewise, he says that the Kingdom is breaking through. It is breaking through in our lives since we are now God’s temple on earth, just as the Old Testament temple in Jerusalem was the dwelling place of God. So, the lives of those, individually and collectively, who follow Jesus show the world what the rule and reign of Jesus is, and ultimately will be at his appearing and the renewal of all creation. When thought of in this way it reminds me how important it is for my life to be transformed by the Holy Spirit as I wish my life to be under his rule and reign and for it to draw people to that Kingdom.

Wonderful post. Thanks!

]]> By: Charlie http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/reality-check/#comment-7674 Charlie Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:29:56 +0000 http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-7674 Living in Northern Ireland we have 'thin' places at many of our old monastic sites.When one walks around them,looking at the beautiful settings and seeing how small many of these little monastic communities were, one is deeply touched by the stillness and simplicity of the place.And yet these are also the places where Viking raiders violently attacked the communities, killing many of theeir members.Perhaps this is a parable of sorts regarding the thin places within our own lives where we know God but also attract violence from those who cannot see.Anthony De Mello, the Jesuit Mystic said that most of us walk through life asleep as to what is around us.We don't have to strive to find reality but just observe and wake up.Many go to their graves without this awakening.Unfortunately many of us as believers stay asleep , fooling ourselves that by our intense actions we are bringing the Kingdom to earth when it's beauty is already shining through in so many beautiful ways.Let's find our thin places where we can just be! Living in Northern Ireland we have ‘thin’ places at many of our old monastic sites.When one walks around them,looking at the beautiful settings and seeing how small many of these little monastic communities were, one is deeply touched by the stillness and simplicity of the place.And yet these are also the places where Viking raiders violently attacked the communities, killing many of theeir members.Perhaps this is a parable of sorts regarding the thin places within our own lives where we know God but also attract violence from those who cannot see.Anthony De Mello, the Jesuit Mystic said that most of us walk through life asleep as to what is around us.We don’t have to strive to find reality but just observe and wake up.Many go to their graves without this awakening.Unfortunately many of us as believers stay asleep , fooling ourselves that by our intense actions we are bringing the Kingdom to earth when it’s beauty is already shining through in so many beautiful ways.Let’s find our thin places where we can just be!

]]> By: The Fat Pastor http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/reality-check/#comment-7672 The Fat Pastor Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:17:57 +0000 http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-7672 I have long been intrigued by the idea of thin places. I am just now waking up to the reality that if there are thin places, there are also thick ones - and usually these places are there because of our own inability to look for the thin ones. I have long been intrigued by the idea of thin places. I am just now waking up to the reality that if there are thin places, there are also thick ones – and usually these places are there because of our own inability to look for the thin ones.

]]> By: Mimou http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/reality-check/#comment-7671 Mimou Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:58:24 +0000 http://kingdomgrace.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-7671 That's a nice post That’s a nice post

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