Who Needs Bigger Barns?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

I pray for the conversion of the Armageddon sect.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

You came to me in the night.
You came to me when I was confused and troubled.
You came to me and touched my wounds.
You came to me and raised me from my bed of pain.
You came to me and freed me from fear and guilt.
You came to me and released me from rigid religion.
You came to me and inspired me to follow you.
You came to me and put a part of your spirit in me.
You came to me and promised to stay with me.
You came to me in the night – and all was light.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“My step-dad wanted me to go into banking, but my heart wasn’t in it.”

[When will they ever learn, He didn’t say it – but could have.]

D. Blog: Bigger Barns

We say “you only live once,” and interpret that as encouragement to take advantage of the opportunities that come our way, to get the most we can from life.

Jesus was one who lived once, and rather than taking from life, added to the lives of others. Rather than seizing opportunities, He provided opportunity for abundant life to all of us. Rather than securing life for Himself, He lost His life in a demonstration of a life dedicated to God, and, therefore, to all people.

Now we Christians celebrate His life once lived, and we know we live in and through Him as we follow the way He showed us.

Now we also have the negative example of executives in bloated financial institutions, trying to build bigger barns for themselves and to hell with the rest of the world.