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concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation

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- pronoun
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007

making music

I'm often amazed an in awe of writers who can put words into such beautiful pictures that they move me. I'm currently reading "The Secret Message of Jesus" by Brian McLaren, and he writes:
"Jesus forms a movement of people who trust him and believe his message. They believe that they don't have to wait for this or that to happen, but rather that they can begin living in a new and better way now, a way of life Jesus conveys by the pregnant phase kingdom of God. Life for them now is about an interactive relationship - reconciled to God, reconciled to one another - and so they see their entire lives as an opportunity to make the beautiful music of God's kingdom so that more and more people will be drawn into it, and so that the world will be changed by their growing influence." (p 83)
What a fantastic picture of participating in the word of God. In sharing with my friends Simon and Luke this morning, we talked about how different that is from the "to do list" version of Christianity so many of us are used to. It also struck me that the music is playing, all the time, in people's lives, including our own, and our role is to stop long enough and often enough to hear the music, and help others to hear it and be drawn into it and influenced by it.
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  1. Anonymous20 October 2007 at 22:46

    I like the thought that discipleship is not about "to do lists" but about participating in the music (or any other art/craft image - I am aware of the idea of discipleship as weaving = drawing together the different threads of life and making the tapestry that shows God's presence).

    For me the issue has two parts - how as a pastor I continue to make my own way in the orchestra, following the batton of the Condusctor Christ; and how as a pastor I encourage other people, paarticularly those who have not yet heard the music (or seen the trapestry) to find their part, without falling into the "to do" trap myself, and without other making it sound like other people have to check off things on their lists.

    Part of this has to develop within the understanding that the relationship with God is in fact initiated and nourished by God in Christ.

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