Comments for Ten Thousand Places http://tenthousandplaces.org Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:53:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Things I am thinking about today. by Ed http://tenthousandplaces.org/2008/04/10/things-i-am-thinking-about-today/#comment-356 Ed Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:53:44 +0000 http://tenthousandplaces.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-356 It's a good book!!! It’s a good book!!!

]]> Comment on Mary Oliver by bscarlettc http://tenthousandplaces.org/2010/03/16/mary-oliver/#comment-355 bscarlettc Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:55:58 +0000 http://tenthousandplaces.org/?p=698#comment-355 This poem is pleasant to read. I like it. Nope, I don't know the answer to the question either. I can imagine some really cool photos to accompany the poem, though. I bet you can too! Thanks for sharing this. This poem is pleasant to read. I like it.
Nope, I don’t know the answer to the question either.
I can imagine some really cool photos to accompany the poem, though. I bet you can too! Thanks for sharing this.

]]> Comment on The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive by JOnathan de la Crusz http://tenthousandplaces.org/2009/04/25/the-glory-of-god-is-man-fully-alive/#comment-331 JOnathan de la Crusz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:58:06 +0000 http://tenthousandplaces.wordpress.com/?p=279#comment-331 A few years ago, during a seminar on the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, Fr John McDade, SJ, the then Principal of Heythrop College, London was asked the question, "Is it not human to sin?" His answer is an eye-opener for all of us: "No, not at all because we were not created to sin, but to worship". The word worship is a much misunderstod by a great many. Often it is perceived as an act of abject submission akin to what people in a despotic regime may offer to teh tyrant. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Worship is an invitation to live in a loving and fulfilling relationship with teh very God who is both our Creator and Father! Or it may also be understood as an invitation to a mariatal relationship as existing between a husband and a wife. It is, then, in such an intimate, loving and open relationship that the fullness of humanity can and will be restored thus revealing the glory of God. And it is here that true freedom, as expressed by Zechariah in the Benedictus, comes into play. "Free to worship Him without fear all the days of our life." In Jesus we are indeed set free by His love, which Paul tells us has been ppoured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit. (Romans 5:5). "If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed". (John 8:36) And, "Perfect love casts out fear." (I John 4:18) It is this life of divine love that God offers us through Jesus Christ by His Holy Spirit to all who shall desire it. A few years ago, during a seminar on the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, Fr John McDade, SJ, the then Principal of Heythrop College, London was asked the question, “Is it not human to sin?” His answer is an eye-opener for all of us: “No, not at all because we were not created to sin, but to worship”.

The word worship is a much misunderstod by a great many. Often it is perceived as an act of abject submission akin to what people in a despotic regime may offer to teh tyrant. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Worship is an invitation to live in a loving and fulfilling relationship with teh very God who is both our Creator and Father! Or it may also be understood as an invitation to a mariatal relationship as existing between a husband and a wife.

It is, then, in such an intimate, loving and open relationship that the fullness of humanity can and will be restored thus revealing the glory of God. And it is here that true freedom, as expressed by Zechariah in the Benedictus, comes into play.
“Free to worship Him without fear all the days of our life.”
In Jesus we are indeed set free by His love, which Paul tells us has been ppoured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit. (Romans 5:5). “If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed”. (John 8:36)
And, “Perfect love casts out fear.” (I John 4:18)

It is this life of divine love that God offers us through Jesus Christ by His Holy Spirit to all who shall desire it.

]]> Comment on The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive by swisswiss http://tenthousandplaces.org/2009/04/25/the-glory-of-god-is-man-fully-alive/#comment-330 swisswiss Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:38:41 +0000 http://tenthousandplaces.wordpress.com/?p=279#comment-330 Great meditations! Thus the Canticle of Zechariah is a celebration of freedom ... "for he has come to set his people free" ... "free to worship him without fear." That freedom presents the opportunity to become fully alive through union with Christ. Yet, it is possible to choose the absence of God to prevail. This latter course is represented by Nietzsche's protege, the "free-woman" Lou Andreas-Salomé, who, in her godless quest to be authentically human, reaches her hour of death and says: "If I let my thoughts roam I find no one. The best, after all, is death." Compare that with: "In the tender compassion of our God, the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace." Shalom! Great meditations! Thus the Canticle of Zechariah is a celebration of freedom … “for he has come to set his people free” … “free to worship him without fear.” That freedom presents the opportunity to become fully alive through union with Christ. Yet, it is possible to choose the absence of God to prevail. This latter course is represented by Nietzsche’s protege, the “free-woman” Lou Andreas-Salomé, who, in her godless quest to be authentically human, reaches her hour of death and says: “If I let my thoughts roam I find no one. The best, after all, is death.”

Compare that with: “In the tender compassion of our God, the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.” Shalom!

]]> Comment on La resistance by Murph http://tenthousandplaces.org/2010/01/18/la-resistance/#comment-308 Murph Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:30:49 +0000 http://tenthousandplaces.org/?p=694#comment-308 Jess, Good stuff. I am actually feeling the same way. Jen told me today that my glorified body will be huge ears and a tiny mouth! Great thoughts Jess. Jess, Good stuff. I am actually feeling the same way. Jen told me today that my glorified body will be huge ears and a tiny mouth! Great thoughts Jess.

]]> Comment on Migraines, dancing by Sarah http://tenthousandplaces.org/2010/01/09/migraines-personality-persistence/#comment-306 Sarah Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:52:11 +0000 http://tenthousandplaces.org/?p=689#comment-306 Oh, I so hear you! Thanks for posting this. Oh, I so hear you! Thanks for posting this.

]]> Comment on I have been reading more Nouwen. by Matt http://tenthousandplaces.org/2008/03/17/i-have-been-reading-more-nouwen/#comment-288 Matt Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:35:53 +0000 http://tenthousandplaces.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-288 Hi, love your comments! My dad had a lecture on tape of Nouwen where I heard this, and your report of it is very refreshing. THanks for sharing! Hi,
love your comments! My dad had a lecture on tape of Nouwen where I heard this, and your report of it is very refreshing. THanks for sharing!

]]> Comment on The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive by Jonathan de la Crusz http://tenthousandplaces.org/2009/04/25/the-glory-of-god-is-man-fully-alive/#comment-279 Jonathan de la Crusz Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:50:09 +0000 http://tenthousandplaces.wordpress.com/?p=279#comment-279 Would it be more accurate to say: To the extent a person rejects the grace of God, the image of God in him is vitiated and his humanity shrinks? He may not necessarily act in an "inhuman" manner; but the absence of the True Life of God, which is in Jesus Christ (John 1:4-5) enables that very absence to continue and prevail in him: It's only by the presence of that Life the absence can be removed! (For the grace of God = Jesus Christ as grace is not a celestial commodity dispensd by God but God's giving of Himself to us in Jesus). A person ever ceasing to be HUMAN, to my reckoning, is impossible. In a strict sense, we all live "partially human" lives as we no longer possess the fullnesss of the image of God (Humanity) in us. But the good news is that the Holy Spirit living in us is restoring that image! By giving us the Holy Spirit to indwell us, God has granted us to share in His divinity, and in sharing in His divinity, we are becoming fully human (Restoration of the divine image)! Would it be more accurate to say: To the extent a person rejects the grace of God, the image of God in him is vitiated and his humanity shrinks? He may not necessarily act in an “inhuman” manner; but the absence of the True Life of God, which is in Jesus Christ (John 1:4-5) enables that very absence to continue and prevail in him: It’s only by the presence of that Life the absence can be removed! (For the grace of God = Jesus Christ as grace is not a celestial commodity dispensd by God but God’s giving of Himself to us in Jesus).

A person ever ceasing to be HUMAN, to my reckoning, is impossible. In a strict sense, we all live “partially human” lives as we no longer possess the fullnesss of the image of God (Humanity) in us. But the good news is that the Holy Spirit living in us is restoring that image!

By giving us the Holy Spirit to indwell us, God has granted us to share in His divinity, and in sharing in His divinity, we are becoming fully human (Restoration of the divine image)!

]]> Comment on What I learned on my Christmas vacation by Isaias http://tenthousandplaces.org/2009/01/01/what-i-learned-on-my-christmas-vacation/#comment-275 Isaias Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:38:09 +0000 http://tenthousandplaces.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-275 "And just Dealing with a bunch of questions takes a lot of guts when there is no guarantee that there will be answers" Also from Joan. That was a smart, deep and intelligent series. specially the first season. “And just Dealing with a bunch of questions takes a lot of guts when there is no guarantee that there will be answers”
Also from Joan.
That was a smart, deep and intelligent series. specially the first season.

]]> Comment on Birds as musical notes by tenthousandplaces http://tenthousandplaces.org/2009/09/09/birds-as-musical-notes/#comment-255 tenthousandplaces Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:02:34 +0000 http://tenthousandplaces.org/?p=645#comment-255 At my house. My housemate, Joel, is a musician. But he and his family left to go back to Switzerland, and I miss them! At my house. My housemate, Joel, is a musician. But he and his family left to go back to Switzerland, and I miss them!

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