Here is a link to an article by Pastor Mark Driscoll. Don't really know him or follow him, but given he started off on the Paris terrorist attacks, I kept reading. And I appreciate the way he talks about sin ... we mustn't forget that recognising what it is is a key to understanding faith in Jesus Christ. We need to find new ways in which to present it so we don't get blasé or too tolerant of things which are really wrong.
Paris, God and the Garbage Disposal
I just read an extract of a book about compassion. (Etienne Séguier : a French author). He is also on a bit of a campaign to revive real compassion in a world where we are fast becoming immune to all the evil and tragedy reported to us.
Pratiquer la miséricorde
Amazing phenomenon : the #prayforparis
Do you realize what this means ? The French are grateful for our prayers, thankful for the solidarity we are showing and prepared to turn to God for comfort.
Some are reporting that many have rejected prayers because they've had a gut-full of religion.
Others are pointing out the prayers which come from Buddhist philosophy and are not the same as Christian prayers.
But isn't it interesting that this time around, the slogans are not "We are Paris" like it was "Je suis Charlie" in January ? The slogans are looking upward and outward.
And, as one of our pastors pointed out in our Regional pastoral meeting yesterday, people haven't necessarily rejected God, but they have definitely learned to mistrust organised religion and that has been over many CENTURIES, not just recently.
More agnostic than atheist then ?
What is our Christian response ???
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