Our Father. Familiar words, maybe so familiar that they are no longer real. Those words were not only real, but also revolutionary to the twelve disciples. Pagan philosophers such as Aristotle arrived at the existence of God via human reason and referred to Him in vague, impersonal terms: the uncaused cause, the immovable mover. The prophets of Israel revealed the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in a warmer, more compassionate manner. But only Jesus revealed to an astonished Jewish community that God is truly Father. If you took the love of all the best mothers and fathers who have lived in the course of human history, all their goodness, kindness, patience, fidelity, wisdom, tenderness, strength, and love and united all those qualities in a single person, that person’s love would only be a faint shadow of the furious love and mercy in the heart of God the Father addressed to you and me at this moment. – Brennan Manning
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It's Not About Me
- Keith Cox
- I am currently EM Pastor at Rock Presbyterian Church in San Diego. I write here in the hope of somehow in a small way shining the light of Christ, doing a small thing to fulfill Christ's command to make disciples of all nations (Mt. 28:19-20), keeping in mind Mother Teresa's admonition that we are not called to do great things, but to do small things with great love.
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