Being loved into life
The world of heaven and earth, rushing in to meet each other
Wright has a way of turning a phrase that almost makes you gasp - an 'ah ha!' moment of recognition that you knewthis but that you could never have phrased it that way withou a 'Wright' breaking the ground for you. We had tea with him and his wife last night - and they were lovely, and normal... We talked about lumberjacks, the Quebecois, and autism (amongst other things) and it was congenial and ordinary. Which, I suppose is one of the things that helps him communicate so brilliantly.
Anyway, back to what he is saying: gives a great summary of most of his work and in these lectures, he is definitely (re) considering the essential goodness of the created order. Last night he had a very interesting discussion of 'the dark' which talked a lot about people either becoming more like God... closer and closer to the image they were made in and thus more fully human, and then its opposite - consistent choices away from God, towards de-humanity. In a sense cooperating over and again with one's own dehumanisation. Sin. It was such rich food for thought.
For those of you who are keeping tabs on Andrew - he had a review at work, and was offered four more hours - they also told him that if they could, they would employ him as their consultant theologian, since he makes them think in new ways. I thought that was lovely. Especially since Asda/Walmart (do I have to copyright that or something?) is so soul destroying (...not to mention planet...). We are now earnestly looking for something else that will be more fulfilling, and whole (if that makes sense.) We were talking last night about that though - and the hope that we have that he will find something else - so different that the people we are encountering day in and day out who cannot get any job, and when/if they do, it is numbing and dehumanising... and thus, (I conclude) somehow in collusion with 'the dark' and sin.
Apart from that, some more news of the week (aside from Steve and Jo arriving today - the world of the North - here we come!) is the beginning of new chapters for me at NTC - for some reason (lack of choice!) the faculty have made me (conferred the honour of being) the head of Pastoral and Social Theology here. So - this week I started in earnest trying to consider what that might mean. It is hugely challenging and will, I hope, be rewarding. But it has occurred to me over and again how huge the responsibility all of that is & will be.
Right, onto read.
Wright has a way of turning a phrase that almost makes you gasp - an 'ah ha!' moment of recognition that you knewthis but that you could never have phrased it that way withou a 'Wright' breaking the ground for you. We had tea with him and his wife last night - and they were lovely, and normal... We talked about lumberjacks, the Quebecois, and autism (amongst other things) and it was congenial and ordinary. Which, I suppose is one of the things that helps him communicate so brilliantly.
Anyway, back to what he is saying: gives a great summary of most of his work and in these lectures, he is definitely (re) considering the essential goodness of the created order. Last night he had a very interesting discussion of 'the dark' which talked a lot about people either becoming more like God... closer and closer to the image they were made in and thus more fully human, and then its opposite - consistent choices away from God, towards de-humanity. In a sense cooperating over and again with one's own dehumanisation. Sin. It was such rich food for thought.
For those of you who are keeping tabs on Andrew - he had a review at work, and was offered four more hours - they also told him that if they could, they would employ him as their consultant theologian, since he makes them think in new ways. I thought that was lovely. Especially since Asda/Walmart (do I have to copyright that or something?) is so soul destroying (...not to mention planet...). We are now earnestly looking for something else that will be more fulfilling, and whole (if that makes sense.) We were talking last night about that though - and the hope that we have that he will find something else - so different that the people we are encountering day in and day out who cannot get any job, and when/if they do, it is numbing and dehumanising... and thus, (I conclude) somehow in collusion with 'the dark' and sin.
Apart from that, some more news of the week (aside from Steve and Jo arriving today - the world of the North - here we come!) is the beginning of new chapters for me at NTC - for some reason (lack of choice!) the faculty have made me (conferred the honour of being) the head of Pastoral and Social Theology here. So - this week I started in earnest trying to consider what that might mean. It is hugely challenging and will, I hope, be rewarding. But it has occurred to me over and again how huge the responsibility all of that is & will be.
Right, onto read.
posted by erdreid at 09:39
1 Comments:
Thanks Deirdre! The calling to be fully and truly "human," is I think what this is all about. I think one of the Fathers said, "the glory of God is man fully alive!"
Many prayers (and congratulations) for you and Andrew!
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