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love & living - part 2
We had a great, encouraging discussion on that last paragraph of love & living in our Tuesday night meeting this week. The plan is to go back to our regular schedule now that Summer is basically over - regular meetings with potluck/party only on the last Tuesday of the month. We're going to use the format we used last time - prayer - Nicene Creed - Reading and discussion - Communion - the Lord's prayer - intercession. We'll be going through each of these paragraph passages from the Merton book and discussing them. Looking forward to it. Here's part two...
The fact that the New Testament provides a theological basis for the practical life of love among men does nothing to weaken that love and certainly does not make it abstract. The Christian loves because God is love, and because God is manifested in actual love, not only in pious ideas and practices. Indeed, God does not wish to remain isolated in a remote heaven. He has willed to come down and "pitch his tent" among men in order to manifest himself in man. Furthermore, he wills to do this only with the free cooperation of man himself. One of the most fundamental ideas of Christianity is that the free decision of men to love one another in Christ enables them to cooperate positively and creatively in the definitive manifestation of God on earth (John 17:3-23).
| posted by + Alan | 6:33 PM |
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I'm new to the Lexington area. How might I visit VBCC? Hey Peter. You are welcome to visit one of our Tuesday night meetings. 7pm on Tuesdays. It's not a huge "visitor" kind of event but you will definitely see what we do and maybe get to know some of us a little better by hanging out. Send me an e-mail at vbcc@qx.net and I'll let you know how to get there and answer other questions if you have them. Maybe we'll see you tonight. Peace. 2 Comments: