Tag Archives: quotes

An Incredible Mystery!

Posted on by under Pastor Wrinkles

“The nativity mystery “conceived from the Holy Spirit and born from the Virgin Mary”, means, that God became human, truly human out of his own grace. The miracle of the existence of Jesus , his “climbing down of God” is: Holy Spirit and Virgin Mary! Here is a human being, the Virgin Mary, and as he comes from God, Jesus comes also from this human being. Born of the Virgin Mary means a human origin for God. Jesus Christ is not only truly God, he is human like every one of us. He is human without limitation. He is not only similar to us, he is like us.”
― Karl Barth, Dogmatics in Outline    

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Bridges

Posted on by under Photography

cees-fun-foto

http://ceenphotography.com/2014/12/09/cees-fun-foto-challenge-bridges/

This week Cee has challenged us to display the idea behind BRIDGES  with our photography.

Please click the link above to see how Cee’s other contributors have displayed the concept.

Here are my thoughts:

I think Isaac Newton was right when he said,

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

The footbridge in Delft

The footbridge in Delft

This world desperately needs  more bridges and more bridge-builders.

100_2072

After all bridges are those things we cross to meet each other. Somehow we have come to think that f we cross over to meet people on the other side of things  that means we are coming into total agreement with them. Who taught us that?

Did Christ agree with us in our sin when He went to the cross for us? When he bridged the gap between God and man was that a tacit acceptance of or an agreement with our sin?

Or was it simply a sign that He understood that unless He came to us there was no way we were going to come back to Him?

A Celtic Cross in the cemetery atop the Rock of Cashel

The cross is the greatest bridge ever made.

If God crossed such a great divide to reach us, how is it that we think we are required to do less in coming to the side of those we disagree with? If Jesus could love and pray for those who wanted to kill Him (while never coming into agreement with them) are we to do any less in our current disagreements?

Now there’s a meditation to be thunk on for a bit!

One Thing’s Perfect

Posted on by under Pastor Wrinkles

“Christmases are never the same. They change from year to year, and they are never really perfect, no matter how hard we try to force them to be so. What is perfect is the miracle in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago and the love of God that continues to burst through the chaos of human imperfection; Christmas is finding the Christ Child radiant beneath the daily grime of life.”
― Julie K. Hogan

A Minor Key

Posted on by under Pastor Wrinkles

We cannot conceive how the Divine Spirit dwelled within the created and human spirit of Jesus…. What we can understand…is that our own…existence is…but a faint image of the Divine Incarnation itself – the same theme in a very minor key.
 ~ C.S. Lewis, Miracles, p147

 

Weekly Travel Theme Slow

Posted on by under Photography

This week Ailsa has asked us to travel with her to the land of : SLOW.

You can mosey on over to her place and see how others have interpreted the theme by going to:

http://wheresmybackpack.com/2014/12/05/travel-theme-slow/

Here are my takes on the subject…

winter 2

Snow is one of the few things that actually slows me down. When it’s impossible to drive you have to say no to activity. I love those mornings when the only sound you can hear in the neighborhood is the sound of snow falling and the slicing of shovels.

Irish Fishing

These fishermen in Killarney were taking it slow.

“Love has something to do with recognition, We can be fascinated by the unknown, we can be attracted by it, but love is something that grows, slowly, in an atmosphere of trust.” Peter HoegIreland 517

 

I wonder how slowly this heart was formed and for whom?

God Has Commanded Us To Function

Posted on by under Pastor Wrinkles

These quotes come to you from our missionary speaker at Cornerstone, Jason Fuentes. His sermon was entitled “God Has Commended Us To Function” and was taken from Luke 10.

“When religion says, “Do!” Christ says, “It was done on the cross.” Jason Fuentes

“Jesus didn’t come to make bad people good or good people better. He came to make dead people live!” Jason Fuentes

“Christian, you do not go to church. You are the church!” Jason Fuentes

“Our weaknesses become assets when put in God’s hands, but our excuses will always be liabilities.” Jason Fuentes

The Atlantic Sky from the shores of Doolin

The Atlantic Sky from the shores of Doolin