I enjoyed so much reading yesterday's comments. Each of your ideas about spirituality are so thoughtful. I must lift up one in particular:
The meaning of spirituality is not easily defined, but I can tell you what it looks like (a story from today's Kansas City Star.) Last week, homeless men at the Kansas City Rescue Mission raised more than $132. to give to Haiti relief. A homeless man who is 30 years old, and trying to turn his life around, gave $5.00. This is spirituality.
The writer is profoundly correct. This is spiritual. This is extravagant generosity. This is the setting aside of one's personal comfort or preference for the sake of the mission. Self-sacrificing. The taking up of one's cross. It would make me feel good today to find or participate in one act of kindness that even remotely resembled this story. Let's see what I can turn over.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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I had heard about the homeless men at City Union Mission when I read the post from yesterday. What immediately came to mind was The Widow's Mite. One man reported that even as the men at the mission had so little, the people of Haiti had less than they did and were suffering far more than they were. They wanted to help however they could. Widow's Mite!
M.A.
have you read the book or seen the movie 84 charing cross road? if not i can send to you... (easy read takes about an hour). its a true story. Reminds me so much of what you are talking about each week in your sermons.
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