Apart from this stupid cold I am actually feeling really good. Im happy with the decisions I have made about my life and I am looking forward to seeing where it all goes. I dont feel stressed about it at all, im not used to that but its good.
I have almost finished reading the new testament. Im in revelations – its a bit strange.
Im also reading Spong. Its quite interesting, saying that taking the bible literally is damaging to our view of God. Im still near the start, but I am finding it quite interesting. Its easy for me to read something like that because my faith is not dependant on the bible or the views of God given in the bible.
My brain isnt doing the same amount of random scattered thinking that it usually does so I dont need to look after it as much. Its really good, I like being able to trust my own thoughts. I have been a bit addicted to facebook over the last few days, its funny because it brings all these people back into my mind that I had forgotten about. I have been having dreams about all these random people that I would not have thought of before. Heaps of people from High school are married or having kids, its amazing. But then it has been a while since we were at school.
Im reading a book at the moment by Peter Rollins, its called “How (not) to speak of God”
Its amazing, I really encourage people to have a look at it.
I started writing down sentences that struck me, or that I wanted to think about more. I stopped doing that because it was slowing down my reading too much as every second sentence is brilliant.
Anyway, here are some bits from it. (please keep in mind that I have pulled these completely out of context)
“The argument is made that naming God is never really naming God but only our understanding of God.” – page 2
“Hence revelation ought not to be thought of either as that which makes God known or as that which leaves God unknown, but rather as the overpowering light that renders God as unknown.” – page 17
“…prays, ‘God rid me of God’, a prayer that acknowledges how the God we are in relationship with is bigger, better and different than our understanding of that God” – page 19
“…the relationship we have with God cannot be reduced to our understanding of that relationship.” – page 20
“Through our words and actions we seek to be the site of revelation through which people encounter the life-giving Word of God.” – P21
There are so many more good bits.
