Thanks for that. Very refreshing. For decades I thought "I am special and I have an awesome world changing destiny" was the pinnacle of Christian thought. Never mind the Saints and Martyrs. Never mind the problematic things Christ actually said.
I think when we are functioning within the hierarchy in a healthy way we do move in and out of moments of "specialness" - a wedding, a birth, the Eucharist, death...etc. But these are in the context of a community - a body. And they are experienced through participating in that community, not "changing the world".
That’s a great point - those moments of specialness are always integrated within something larger than oneself. I’ll have to refer back to that idea when I untangle the idea of sentimental humanitarianism from authentic Christianity in a future post.
Thanks for that. Very refreshing. For decades I thought "I am special and I have an awesome world changing destiny" was the pinnacle of Christian thought. Never mind the Saints and Martyrs. Never mind the problematic things Christ actually said.
I think when we are functioning within the hierarchy in a healthy way we do move in and out of moments of "specialness" - a wedding, a birth, the Eucharist, death...etc. But these are in the context of a community - a body. And they are experienced through participating in that community, not "changing the world".
That’s a great point - those moments of specialness are always integrated within something larger than oneself. I’ll have to refer back to that idea when I untangle the idea of sentimental humanitarianism from authentic Christianity in a future post.