Wednesday, February 18, 2009

What can I do? (Part 2)

From the book I'm reading now:
The Secret Message of Jesus- by Brian McLaren
Highly recommended book on what the kingdom of God/ Gospel means!!

The kingdom of God, then, is a revolutionary, counter-cultural movement-- proclaiming a ceaseless rebellion against the tyrannical trinity of money,sex and power. Its citizens resist the occupation of this invisible Caesar through three categories of spiritual practice. First, they practice a liberating generosity towards the poor to dethrone greed and topple the regime of money. Second, they practice a kind of prayer that is a defiant act of resistance against the prideful pursuit of power, pursuing forgiveness and reconciliation, not retaliation and revenge. Finally, they practice fasting to revolt against the dominating impulse of physical gratification-- so that the sex drive and other physical appetites will not become our slave drivers. And all of these are practiced covertly, in secret, so they aren't corrupted into an external show "as hypocrites do".

2 comments:

Shauna said...

I am new here! What a great blog! Hope you are having a great weekend! ♥ Hugs :

aMy said...

Welcome

and thanks!