No such thing as boring theology
Pope John Paul's Theology of the Body... it gets us where we live. He's speaking our language. He's on our page. He's dialed-in.
We had a superb time with Monica Ashour on our "Theology of the Body Weekend." The grace of God was indeed powerful and we had the immense privilege of being present as kids chose to make their lives a beautiful gift.
Up to bat next is Christopher West. Mark your calendars for June 12 at 6:30, as we begin an 8-week series "Into the Heart", an in-depth study of the Theology of the Body. All are welcome.
Our committee is tiny, our parish is small, we know the destination but we don't have a map... we're Magoo-ing our way toward God's perfect plan. Life is good!
A Lesson in Christian Anthropology
The entries in the Ugly Contest... the evocative aroma of new Play-Doh wafted through the air as the kids made the ugliest figurines they possibly could. Some pretty formidable nasties were constructed! It's a lesson in how the human body was designed by God to be giving and generous and loving, rather than hurtful, destructive and ugly.
He could have given us claws to tear others, but He gave us hands to help them. He could have given us rows and rows of razor-sharp teeth, but He gave us lips to speak words of love and affirmation.
A particularly ugly creation with horns and one eye won the prize of chocolate chip cookie dough.
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ReplyDeleteProverbs 22:6
Direct your children onto the right path,
and when they are older, they will not leave it.
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ReplyDeleteMark 10:15
"I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”
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ReplyDeleteMatthew 19:14
"But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.”
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ReplyDeletePsalms 127:3
Children are a gift from the Lord;
they are a reward from him.