Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Fr. Neo, JHolder, Constantine and I spent the night on my shadowy, airy deck in deep discussion, with shallow glasses of fermented beverage, and at the end, prayers of thanksgiving for the gift of our friendship and our fascination with Christ and His Kingdom. We spent a lot of time discussing the treacherous spiritual ground around the numinous. Constantine shared his doubt, disbelief and caution in considering God's actions in the supernatural. Constantine meets God in the everyday. JHolder related an experience of a strangely warmed, Wesleyan Holy Spiritish heart while hearing the "road to Emmaus" story from John in the context of a Kairos Prison Weekend. I talked about the icon confrontation and related it to my experiences in meditation during times with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Fr. Neo talked about his Pentecostal upbringing and his hopes for the church. We had a wonderful time. All of you, dear readers, were also discussed in passing. We all have great affection for each of you and the important roles you play in the blessed conversations we are enjoying here and on Fr. Neo's blog. We are all reading your blogs, too, of course. We share much more with each of you, even those with whom we seem to disagree, than any of you might guess. There is something special going on here. We all need to thank Our Lord for it, for the reassurance of his Holy Spirit, for the bonds of affection growing between us, for the wonder of his Love.
It's late, for me. God be with you.
Fr. Neo, JHolder, Constantine and I spent the night on my shadowy, airy deck in deep discussion, with shallow glasses of fermented beverage, and at the end, prayers of thanksgiving for the gift of our friendship and our fascination with Christ and His Kingdom. We spent a lot of time discussing the treacherous spiritual ground around the numinous. Constantine shared his doubt, disbelief and caution in considering God's actions in the supernatural. Constantine meets God in the everyday. JHolder related an experience of a strangely warmed, Wesleyan Holy Spiritish heart while hearing the "road to Emmaus" story from John in the context of a Kairos Prison Weekend. I talked about the icon confrontation and related it to my experiences in meditation during times with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Fr. Neo talked about his Pentecostal upbringing and his hopes for the church. We had a wonderful time. All of you, dear readers, were also discussed in passing. We all have great affection for each of you and the important roles you play in the blessed conversations we are enjoying here and on Fr. Neo's blog. We are all reading your blogs, too, of course. We share much more with each of you, even those with whom we seem to disagree, than any of you might guess. There is something special going on here. We all need to thank Our Lord for it, for the reassurance of his Holy Spirit, for the bonds of affection growing between us, for the wonder of his Love.
It's late, for me. God be with you.
9 Comments:
At 5:34 AM, June 14, 2005, voixd'ange said…
Fr. Neo had a pentecostal upbringing!!! Geeze Louise! Curiouser and curiouser! Something mysterious is afoot here! By the way...who drank my Guiness?
At 12:18 PM, June 14, 2005, Constantine said…
I had 3 bottles for me and 1 for you Angevoix. So that made for quite a few “shallow glasses.” Mighty tasty. What a royal treat Guinness is. Kevin was a generous host and both Padre and jholder were a hoot. All three are great blokes. Gracias Kevin for bringing this “deck meeting” to fruition. Btw Kevin, what kind of utterance is your post title?
I’m sure to your utter surprise Angevoix I did indeed express some doubt regarding the numinous in its more flamboyant and overt manifestations. Kevin said I like to feel safe, hence my avoidance of the supernatural. Also, it is true that my experience of the Divine occurs predominantly in the ordinary, “everydayness” of life so to speak. That, of course, is made possible due to the most miraculous and supernatural of events, namely the Incarnation. Yes, God can move in mighty “pillar-of-fire” ways, but He sees fit (maybe as Padre alluded to last night, because He knows what “works” for me) to reveal Himself in the hope filled giggles and bright eyes of my little girls, et al, etc.
Kevin’s “Icon” experience and jholder’s “heart-on-fire” experience both rang with authenticity to me. Those types of experiences I don’t find so hard to believe. Alas, when Padre threw his coat on me last night nothing happened. I jest! :)
At 12:48 PM, June 14, 2005, voixd'ange said…
Having worked with children for nearly 12 years now...I can tell you that I see the "giggles and bright eyes of children" as nothing less than utterly miraculous, and very little else in life as ordinary...so we might have more in common than you think, Constantine... I have often wondered allowed that anyone could truly look at a flower and doubt the exsistence of God...I hope that isn't too corny for you...
At 6:42 PM, June 14, 2005, Anonymous said…
Gird Up Your Loins
I Peter 1:13
Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
(Whole Chapter: 1 Peter 1 In context: 1 Peter 1:12-14)
I Kings 18:46
Then the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
(Whole Chapter: 1 Kings 18 In context: 1 Kings 18:45-47)
1 Peter 1
12To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us[1] they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things which angels desire to look into.
Living Before God Our Father
13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance;
1 Kings 18
45Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel. 46Then the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
At 8:36 AM, June 15, 2005, Dan Trabue said…
Now, see, I always pictured "loin girders" as something a bit more naughty. Shame on me...
And I'm with Constantine and Angevoix in my awe of the more commonplace wonders of God and less concerned about the more flamboyant.
But if it works for you, well I'm just liberal enough to say go for it...
At 8:54 AM, June 15, 2005, voixd'ange said…
Oh don't get me wrong...my pastor seems to think the world is not ready for me...I can do flamboyant too...God is the still small voice and the Lord of the Dance...
At 12:35 PM, June 20, 2005, voixd'ange said…
Dear Brother Morpheus...I'm rethinking your blog on Jesus clearing the temple. This morning I was thinking about the book of Jude. And then it just dawned on me...Jude and James were both brothers of Christ, correct?
And in the epistles written by these two brothes, they don't pull any punches. Nothing is sugar coated...in fact, they could be described as down right rough sometimes.This being the case, what conclusions could we draw about the personality/character of Christ from reading the epistles written by His two brothers?
At 12:40 PM, June 20, 2005, Anonymous said…
Wow! what a wonderful observation. I'll be digesting this tonight. I want to read both books before I come back to you on this. As a matter of fact, would it be OK if I started a new string with this topic?
At 1:21 PM, June 20, 2005, voixd'ange said…
Go for it!
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