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I cannot believe my eyes...is this really happening?



posted by Headless-in-GR @ 11/19/2004 02:28:18 PM | (0) comments

To Have The Mind Of Christ

I don't understand a lot of things.

I don't understand how God works in the world.

I don't understand if She only works through her children or if she works apart from us (except when she was he and he was Jesus.)

I don't understand how "every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father of Lights" but bad things are not of God. I don't understand how that isn't just taking credit for the good things and blaming us for the bad things.

I don't understand how our own perceptions of what is good and bad interacts with with events.

I don't understand if how we are all connected (but I think we are).

I don't understand premonition.

I don't understand dreams.

I don't understand the subconscious.

I don't understand how nature responds to our sin (but I think it does).

I don't understand how our realities interact with cold, hard facts and how Truth interacts with all that.

I don't understand prayer.

I don't understand love.

I don't understand how God lives in us.

I don't understand what questions to ask.

I don't understand the mind of Christ.


posted by Headless-in-GR @ 11/11/2004 11:12:58 AM | (0) comments

God Spelled Backwards Is Dog

I am pet-sitting for my sister for several months and thus have acquired new insights into the life of dogs and people...

I gave Isabella a new bone the other day - and not just any bone, mind you. A real, honest to goodness, individually wrapped, air-tight sealed crunchy, meaty bone. The REAL DEAL, folks.

The following is her response...

"Bone! Bone! I am happy! I am happy! I take bone from owner's hand and RUN!!! I RUUUUNNNNNNNNNN!!! I RUN SOME MORE!!! Oh my! Oh my! Oh my...
Oh. My.
I have to hide it. The cat will eat it!

THAT CAT WILL EAT IT!!! THAT CAT SHALL NOT HAVE MY BONE!!!

Bone?

I have a bone?

Oh yeah! I have a bone! I will RUN!!! I will RUN!! I will JUMP ON THE COUCH (even though I know it's wrong!) I will...I will...STOP!
THAT CAT IS LOOKING AT MY BONE.

that cat is looking at my bone.
i have to hide it. i must hide secretly. i must be sneaky. where? where shall i hide it? shhh...i must hide it quietly...
i must hide it...
where?

Where?

WHERE?

THERE'S NO WHERE TO HIDE MY BONE!!!

I will try to dig up the wooden floor! I will try to dig up the linoleum! I will RUN! I will RUN! I will RUN in CIRCLES and CRY!!!! I WILL HOWL!! I WILL CRY!!!

i will whimper. i will moan. i will whimper. i will moan. i will whimper. i will moan...
(time elapsed - 5 hours)
i will whimper. i will moan...

i will put the bone here. (plunk) i will lay two feet away and stare at it.

and stare at it...
and stare at it...
and stare at it...
and stare at it...
and...

BARK! GROWL! BARK! BARK! GROWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WILL CHASE THE CAT OUT OF THE ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHE WAS LOOOOOOOOOKIIIIIIIIIIING AT IT!!!!!!!!!!!! BARK!!!!!!!!!!!!

i will whimper. i will moan. i will whimper. i will moan. i will whimper....

************

I once said to someone I love, "I want good things for you, but you have to be able to accept them."

He said, incredulously, "Accept the good things????"

(insert weird "I'm a Holy Spirit Puppet" thing cause my mouth is moving but I'm not really this smart...)

I said, "The good things are often the hardest to accept."

************

I wanted my dog to be happy, so I gave her a gift. However, the gift that I gave her has made her miserable. She spends the whole time worrying about something that will never happen (cause, pleez! that cat does not want that nasty, slobbery bone!) and guarding against fears that are irrational.

I thought that maybe I could make her feel better by giving her LOTS of bones, so that she wouldn't worry about her supply, but I have a feeling that LOTS of bones would simply mean LOTS of whimpering! The more I give her, the more miserable she will be.

I thought about taking the bone away from her. She would be sad at first, but she would probably forget it in a few hours (minutes? pea-brain...). Perhaps this would be the best route?

Perhaps I will just not do anything.

And see if she ever eats it.

************

I wonder if God looks at us and thinks, "I really would like to give you a good thing, but you'd just be miserable. Miserable and mean to everyone around you..."





posted by Headless-in-GR @ 11/08/2004 09:51:54 PM | (2) comments

Finding A Puzzle

The Human Puzzler is writing again! YEA!!!


posted by Headless-in-GR @ 11/07/2004 09:08:53 AM | (0) comments

Tongue In Cheek

For Bush supporters in Michigan - you got a sweet deal! Your man got voted in AND...

Bin Laden won't attack your state!

Sweet! (gee-gee!?!) Go thank a Democrat.

Thanks to Dave for pointed this out.


posted by Headless-in-GR @ 11/03/2004 03:21:49 PM | (0) comments

How I Do Theology

Bad theology bothers me. Call me an elitist, I don't care. But bad theology - which is usually one form or another of cultural bullshit - really angers me. Why? Because it imprisons the church - both as a group and as individuals. It sucks us dry. It bleeds us out. We become anemic, pathetic people who blow in the wind and fall down at the first challenge. And that's just the beginning.

Bad theology is like telling lies about God, and that makes me really, really angry. Really.

Bad theology is the stuff that poisons the children and the teens. Bad theology is the tares growing with the wheat in impressionable Christians.

Bad theology keeps honest seekers away from the Church.

Bad theology destroys lives.

Let me be clear. Bad theology is not "any theology that Headless disagrees with." I don't know if I can write "in 500 words or less" what I understand to be bad theology. That might take a book. Or maybe just one well-crafted sentence. But I have neither for you right now, so I'll just tell you that in my world, it works like this.

I get exposed to a new idea. I start with these assumptions.

1) This new idea is wrong somewhere.
2) It's also possible that it's right somewhere too.
3) Perfect understanding is possible - when you're dead. ("Now we see through a glass darkly...")
3) "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
4) "You will know the truth and the truth will set you free."
5) "When she (the Holy Spirit) comes, she will lead you into all truth and wisdom."

Starting with these basic assumptions (which could be an entire book as well), I work the new idea two ways. First, I try to believe it. I let myself really, truly, honestly step into this new idea. I own it. I breathe it. I imagine life this way. I live life this way if it's possible. And from this, I extrapolate what I can in order to discover both the problems and the good things that come with this idea. This is a long, hard work that doesn't happen in one hour, or one day, or one week.

I also drop an A-bomb on it. I rip in to it with every ounce of my ability. I fire every "logic bullet" I can at it. I launch the artillery. I call on the calvary. And when the dust clears, if there's anything left standing, I'll do an Aretha on it..."R-E-S-P-E-C-T..."

Then I start to synthesis. This takes a long time too.

You want to know when I pray about it? That's the very spiritual thing to do, right?

Well, I'll tell you. Every letter of every word I wrote is a prayer.

Every neuron fired is a prayer.

And I'm afraid.

There is one verse in all of Scripture that I think I really understand.

Work out your salvation with fear and trembling.



posted by Headless-in-GR @ 11/01/2004 10:01:23 AM | (0) comments



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