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Monday, January 30, 2006
Monday
Thank you Jon, Ryan and Coye; seeing your typed comments--each kindnesses in their own way--made this corner desk in this little apartment seem less disconnected from other lives. Blogging, with its "hey world, I exist!" form, can so easily become an exercise in futility; you help me escape the ephemeral form and see the solid reality of relationships.
Currently I'm beginningGeorge Eldon Ladd's The Gospel of the Kingdom. Entry point? Consider the Parables, "the Kingdom IS like a tiny seed which becomes a great tree, it IS like the leaven which will one day permiate the entire bowl" (18, emp. mine). Yet, as he is questioned by Pilot concerning his teaching, Jesus emphatically states, "my kingdom IS NOT of this world." Ha! A great set up. I'm excited to see where Dr. Ladd takes me. Anyone want to read it with me and talk about it?
Perhaps I'll post some further quotes a little later.
A light fog currently covers South Hamilton, MA. It's been like that all day, actually. I had to put my books in a bag (I usually just carry them) so that they wouldn't get wet from the tiny droplets of moisture.
Currently I'm beginningGeorge Eldon Ladd's The Gospel of the Kingdom. Entry point? Consider the Parables, "the Kingdom IS like a tiny seed which becomes a great tree, it IS like the leaven which will one day permiate the entire bowl" (18, emp. mine). Yet, as he is questioned by Pilot concerning his teaching, Jesus emphatically states, "my kingdom IS NOT of this world." Ha! A great set up. I'm excited to see where Dr. Ladd takes me. Anyone want to read it with me and talk about it?
Perhaps I'll post some further quotes a little later.
A light fog currently covers South Hamilton, MA. It's been like that all day, actually. I had to put my books in a bag (I usually just carry them) so that they wouldn't get wet from the tiny droplets of moisture.
posted by Dave # 3:57 PM 
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I would like to hear what you think about the book when you're a little further into it. I love parables. We usually get taught an interpretation or two in Sunday school or in random sermons, but they are much more slippery than our interpretations usually give them credit for. The simplicity is expansive, and it takes us places we didn't expect to (or didn't want to) go. Love them.
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