Here is my story and message for November 4

A Story of Thoughtful Generosity

"Most people, living heedlessly, tanning themselves, engaging in terrorism, or becoming TV slaves, ridicule political chatter and politics. They see that there is nothing to hope for from them. They are also exasperated by bureaucratic structures and administrative bickering. If we denounce such things, we gain the ear of a large public. In a word, the more the power of the state and bureaucracy grows, the more the affirmation of anarchy is necessary as the sole and last defense of the individual, that is, of humanity. Anarchy must regain its pungency and courage.

Recently, leaders of big business in New Brunswick organized an "an economic  summit" to advise the government and us great unwashed on how to run the economy (with all the implications that has for social policy.) Various groups were invited to take part. These included business leaders, community groups (vaguely defined) the local neo-conservative "think tank", university presidents, government leaders, etc. to represent the whole society.

That is the one of the sermon questions for me this week.  I am working with These Scriptures

It is my belief that we all need to be set free of something sometime.  It is also my belief that we may not even know what is binding us until after the fact.

If you want to know where I am going (maybe) You can click here!

Folly:

1.  A lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight.

There is no good dictator and there never was a good dictator, perhaps, some dictator was more benevolent than was another dictator but the, fact of the matter was and is that the only one that wants to live under any dictator is the dictator himself or herself.

A lot of questions
 

Genesis 17: 1 -7, 15-16        Take Up Your Cross                      March 8,2009 
Romans 4: 13 -25: Mark 8: 31 -38

Our lenten texts call us to the discipline of renouncement.  They speak to the Buddhist idea of detachment. They speak to the spirituality of freedom- a new understanding of sacrifice, where the cross is not blood sacrifice.