Salvation??? Part 2

A. Unabashed Pacifist:
Going forward, I'll stay the course toward peace until the mission is accomplished.

B. Unabashed Christian:
Holy One,
Life is too short...
to remain unhappy
to eat what you don't like
to stifle laugher
to avoid intimacy
to sit in traffic every day
to forget to say "Thank you"
to criticize
to complain
to stay indoors
to maintain a high school "maturity"
to fear the future.
Amen

C. Unquoting Jesus (what he never said - probably):
"My kid's on the honor roll at Nazareth Elementary School."
[I'm 100% confident with this one. But I'll listen to other opinions...]

D. Blog: Saved For What?

To the street evangelist’s question “Are You Saved?” I want to ask first, “Saved from what?” [see yesterday’s post]. The follow-up question is “Saved for what?”

My personal answer is simple: Abundant Life. That begins when we stop thinking it means accumulating money and things, when we stop thinking the Divinity has any interest in punishing us, when we stop thinking the Divinity has any interest in controlling our behavior. Guiding, perhaps, but never controlling.

For me, abundant life means an abundance of love (including love of enemies), of learning, of beauty, of forgiveness, of joy, of arts, of creativity, of service to others, of friends, of joy, of diversity, of sights, of sounds, of varied experiences, of play and laughter and spiritual growth.

Frankly, I’d say any other kind of “saving” is not worth anyone’s life.