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The Moment The Organic Unity Of Belief And Behaviour Is Damaged In Any Way, We Are Incapable Of Living Out The Full Humanity For Which We Were Created.

This Kingdom Of God Life Is Not A Matter Of Waking Up Each Morning With A List Of Chores Or An Agenda To Be Tended To, Left On Our Bedside Table By The Holy Spirit For Us While We Slept. We Wake Up Already Immersed In A Large Story Of Creation And Covenant, Of Israel And Jesus, The Story Of Jesus And The Stories That Jesus Told. We Let Ourselves Be Formed By These Formative Stories, And Especially As We Listen To The Stories That Jesus Tells, Get A Feel For The Way He Does It, The Way He Talks, The Way He Treats People, The Jesus Way.

That's The Whole Spiritual Life. It's Learning How To Die. And As You Learn How To Die, You Start Losing All Your Illusions, And You Start Being Capable Now Of True Intimacy And Love.

I Think Pastors Are The Worst Listeners. We're So Used To Speaking, Teaching, Giving Answers. We Must Learn To Be Quiet, Quit Being So Verbal, Learn To Pay Attention To What's Going On, And Listen.

I Didn't Write Because I Had Anything To Say, But In Order To Find Out What There Was To Say.