Great interview well worth a read...
N.T. Wright | Beyond Evangelical | The Blog of Frank Viola:Frank's blog is a good read and slightly more prolific than mine. As a Bonhoeffer fan he is worth a read!
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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
N.T. Wright Interview: “Simply Jesus” & Wright Responds to Critics
Frank's blog is a good read and slightly more prolific than mine. As a Bonhoeffer fan he is worth a read!
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Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Cycling as formation...
5 Things which irritate me when cycling:
Other than that I love cycling to college in the cold and wet... and of course I am a great cyclist ;)
Formation is the word which could be replaced with character building but with one key difference. From a Christian perspective life transformation starts with God. Often this comes in humility and confession of sin. Cycling, just like driving with my family, is formational ie patience can be stretched. Jesus said it is out of the abundance of our hearts that our mouth speaks, things will always irritate us, especially with 5.30am starts to the day, or a 3 year old asserting themselves. I cannot excuse myself, but need to continue to be prepared to listen to the things God highlights and others highlight.
Still, I have a new bike which makes my journey in to college a bit easier. It is a shame to put the old bike to rest but having sheared of the pedal, and damaged the bearings, the cost of repair is just not worth it. So I had another formational experience of trying to put together a bike carrier in Ikea car park
- Other cyclists who don't have lights in the dark
- Cyclists who jump the lights
- Slow cyclists who cycle in the middle of the cycle lane
- Cyclists who overtake pedestrians when there is no space for them to pull in causing me to break hard
- People who think it is funny to jump out in front of me
Other than that I love cycling to college in the cold and wet... and of course I am a great cyclist ;)
Formation is the word which could be replaced with character building but with one key difference. From a Christian perspective life transformation starts with God. Often this comes in humility and confession of sin. Cycling, just like driving with my family, is formational ie patience can be stretched. Jesus said it is out of the abundance of our hearts that our mouth speaks, things will always irritate us, especially with 5.30am starts to the day, or a 3 year old asserting themselves. I cannot excuse myself, but need to continue to be prepared to listen to the things God highlights and others highlight.
Still, I have a new bike which makes my journey in to college a bit easier. It is a shame to put the old bike to rest but having sheared of the pedal, and damaged the bearings, the cost of repair is just not worth it. So I had another formational experience of trying to put together a bike carrier in Ikea car park
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