And yes, I’m very much realizing that we Christians are indeed the aliens. Many of us may need to rise above our differences our theological differences (though, I wouldn’t want a faith where we couldn’t in good faith argue certain points with each other) and help each other in the Benedict Option. No idea how that would work, but, if Ch…
And yes, I’m very much realizing that we Christians are indeed the aliens. Many of us may need to rise above our differences our theological differences (though, I wouldn’t want a faith where we couldn’t in good faith argue certain points with each other) and help each other in the Benedict Option. No idea how that would work, but, if Christianity itself is to survive, we perhaps should be Christian first and our denominations second.
True conversion of the heart is more unsettling than I imagined. I had no idea, but, I’m so happy. I’m happy to be an alien!
Your attitude is wonderful. Sometimes, I reproach myself for not being more disgusted with things than I am, but then, my ties to the Earth are cultural ones, and my life has tended to keep me separate from trends, anyway. I am repelled by true worldliness, but a few minutes ago, I heard a gorgeous lullaby which may have been written for Ella Fitzgerald, but which, in any case, she recorded. I know that Heaven will overwhelm any nostalgia we might have for the good and worthwhile things of this life, but I can't help wishing we could take a lot of the great things of the world with us, as people fleeing into permanent exile would want to take artifacts of their earlier lives with them.
I do think there is an ecumenism of orthodoxy, but I, too, am unhappy that it hasn't gone any farther than it has. As I've said to JonF here, he, an Orthodox, and I, a classical Protestant, could recite the Apostles' creed and the Nicene creed in happy unison.
And yes, I’m very much realizing that we Christians are indeed the aliens. Many of us may need to rise above our differences our theological differences (though, I wouldn’t want a faith where we couldn’t in good faith argue certain points with each other) and help each other in the Benedict Option. No idea how that would work, but, if Christianity itself is to survive, we perhaps should be Christian first and our denominations second.
True conversion of the heart is more unsettling than I imagined. I had no idea, but, I’m so happy. I’m happy to be an alien!
Your attitude is wonderful. Sometimes, I reproach myself for not being more disgusted with things than I am, but then, my ties to the Earth are cultural ones, and my life has tended to keep me separate from trends, anyway. I am repelled by true worldliness, but a few minutes ago, I heard a gorgeous lullaby which may have been written for Ella Fitzgerald, but which, in any case, she recorded. I know that Heaven will overwhelm any nostalgia we might have for the good and worthwhile things of this life, but I can't help wishing we could take a lot of the great things of the world with us, as people fleeing into permanent exile would want to take artifacts of their earlier lives with them.
I do think there is an ecumenism of orthodoxy, but I, too, am unhappy that it hasn't gone any farther than it has. As I've said to JonF here, he, an Orthodox, and I, a classical Protestant, could recite the Apostles' creed and the Nicene creed in happy unison.
And I’d be happy to join you as a Roman Catholic.