Comments for Missional Order http://missionalorder.com Helping to foster contemplative missional communities Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:33:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Sloth, Not the Animal Kind by georges boujakly http://missionalorder.com/sloth-not-the-animal-kind/#comment-6137 georges boujakly Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:25:17 +0000 http://missionalorder.com/?p=1221#comment-6137 Good question. Our original design has not "panned out". We have been praying and thinking what to do next. Pray with us. Meanwhile, I will add a few posts here in the next little while. Good question. Our original design has not “panned out”. We have been praying and thinking what to do next. Pray with us.

Meanwhile, I will add a few posts here in the next little while.

]]> Comment on Sloth, Not the Animal Kind by Kees http://missionalorder.com/sloth-not-the-animal-kind/#comment-6115 Kees Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:35:22 +0000 http://missionalorder.com/?p=1221#comment-6115 Hmmm, Why arent there any new posts? Did I miss something? Hmmm, Why arent there any new posts?

Did I miss something?

]]> Comment on A Good Life by Georges Boujakly http://missionalorder.com/a-good-life/#comment-4460 Georges Boujakly Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:25:17 +0000 http://missionalorder.com/?p=1185#comment-4460 A few moments of silence, inner reflection, and a focus on meeting with God, eliminate for me the dry and rote problems that some complain about. Thanks for posting on this book. You beat me to it and that's a good feeling to know that someone appreciates Benson's reflections as much as I do. He wrote further on this aspect of praying in the Ancient Practices series: In Constant prayer A few moments of silence, inner reflection, and a focus on meeting with God, eliminate for me the dry and rote problems that some complain about.

Thanks for posting on this book. You beat me to it and that’s a good feeling to know that someone appreciates Benson’s reflections as much as I do.

He wrote further on this aspect of praying in the Ancient Practices series: In Constant prayer

]]> Comment on Mark 3: 13-19 by Georges Boujakly http://missionalorder.com/mark-3-13-19/#comment-4161 Georges Boujakly Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:17:12 +0000 http://missionalorder.com/?p=1146#comment-4161 "Can the two be separated without damaging the integrity of both?" No! So often we do. How do we keep from it? Being In leads to wanting to be With and that leads to wanting to be For. How we perceive what he does To us when we are being with Him makes a difference. If we perceive being with him as strictly for our own sake the missional aspect is not likely to happen. If we are with him for the joy of being with him and the joy of serving him, we are attentive to obedience to him. I go with him and for him in obedience. “Can the two be separated without damaging the integrity of both?”

No!

So often we do. How do we keep from it? Being In leads to wanting to be With and that leads to wanting to be For.

How we perceive what he does To us when we are being with Him makes a difference. If we perceive being with him as strictly for our own sake the missional aspect is not likely to happen. If we are with him for the joy of being with him and the joy of serving him, we are attentive to obedience to him. I go with him and for him in obedience.

]]> Comment on Rule of Benedict 35 by Georges Boujakly http://missionalorder.com/rule-of-benedict-35/#comment-4130 Georges Boujakly Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:35:39 +0000 http://missionalorder.com/?p=1141#comment-4130 Go for it. May God lighten our hearts. I am learning to laugh at myself and my foibles. This is the beauty of the Rule. It does not forbid laughter. A merry heart is a godly heart too. Frankly, I think what we laugh at or from are important. Cheap laughs abound in the medias. Honest, clean, joyful laughter is healing. Laughing at the expense of someone's misfortune, mocking in laughter, put downs, posturing, and the like are not good for us not to mention the injury they cause others. Laughing that does not promote the welfare of others and ourselves is an act of love, a cheerful breath of fresh Spirit. Laughing that comes from soul depths rather than surface levels is freeing and healing. Laugh it up. Seriously. I wonder if when we gather, we shouldn't plan a little wholesome laughter. Go for it. May God lighten our hearts. I am learning to laugh at myself and my foibles.

This is the beauty of the Rule. It does not forbid laughter. A merry heart is a godly heart too. Frankly, I think what we laugh at or from are important. Cheap laughs abound in the medias. Honest, clean, joyful laughter is healing. Laughing at the expense of someone’s misfortune, mocking in laughter, put downs, posturing, and the like are not good for us not to mention the injury they cause others. Laughing that does not promote the welfare of others and ourselves is an act of love, a cheerful breath of fresh Spirit. Laughing that comes from soul depths rather than surface levels is freeing and healing.

Laugh it up. Seriously.

I wonder if when we gather, we shouldn’t plan a little wholesome laughter.

]]> Comment on Rule of Benedict 35 by jamie roach http://missionalorder.com/rule-of-benedict-35/#comment-4128 jamie roach Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:07:01 +0000 http://missionalorder.com/?p=1141#comment-4128 I agree your comment. I do think we would do well to listen more than we do. At the same time I feel like I need to laugh more. Many times I take myself to seriously and am too uptight (just ask my wife.) Healthy laughter can be an indication of a heart free from worry and bondage. A heart that has great confidence in the Lord is free to laugh like a child. I agree your comment. I do think we would do well to listen more than we do. At the same time I feel like I need to laugh more. Many times I take myself to seriously and am too uptight (just ask my wife.) Healthy laughter can be an indication of a heart free from worry and bondage. A heart that has great confidence in the Lord is free to laugh like a child.

]]> Comment on Running on Empty by Tim Dodge http://missionalorder.com/running-on-empty/#comment-3973 Tim Dodge Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:50:06 +0000 http://missionalorder.com/?p=1129#comment-3973 Excellent and great comments. Isn't interesting and contrary to our flesh how actualizing virtues in our life is through submission and not a fixation on living the virtue! I first came across this idea from a pastor of mine and at first thought what he said was ridiculous. What do you mean I can be more humble by trying to be humble? All of life seems to teach us that if you want something you don't have, you must work for it. Yet as Jesus called us to life in the Kingdom the opposite is true--the end of self releases the power of the Spirit in our lives! This is so very difficult to learn and live but is precisely what makes His yoke easy and his burden light. Excellent and great comments. Isn’t interesting and contrary to our flesh how actualizing virtues in our life is through submission and not a fixation on living the virtue! I first came across this idea from a pastor of mine and at first thought what he said was ridiculous. What do you mean I can be more humble by trying to be humble? All of life seems to teach us that if you want something you don’t have, you must work for it. Yet as Jesus called us to life in the Kingdom the opposite is true–the end of self releases the power of the Spirit in our lives! This is so very difficult to learn and live but is precisely what makes His yoke easy and his burden light.

]]> Comment on Running on Empty by georges boujakly http://missionalorder.com/running-on-empty/#comment-3889 georges boujakly Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:01:02 +0000 http://missionalorder.com/?p=1129#comment-3889 Most definitely Jamie. In fact the opposite of humility, pride, is the that which robs the community and the kingdom of God of peace. Humility restores peace. Ditto on humble people. They have no chip on their shoulders nor do they carry axes and grinders. Most definitely Jamie. In fact the opposite of humility, pride, is the that which robs the community and the kingdom of God of peace. Humility restores peace.

Ditto on humble people. They have no chip on their shoulders nor do they carry axes and grinders.

]]> Comment on Running on Empty by jamie roach http://missionalorder.com/running-on-empty/#comment-3882 jamie roach Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:42:45 +0000 http://missionalorder.com/?p=1129#comment-3882 Great post. Do humility and wholeness or peace (shalom) go together? And what is there relationship to one another? People I've met that are humble also seem to have a deep abiding peace and wholeness about them. Their very presence is life giving, inviting and compelling. Great post. Do humility and wholeness or peace (shalom) go together? And what is there relationship to one another? People I’ve met that are humble also seem to have a deep abiding peace and wholeness about them. Their very presence is life giving, inviting and compelling.

]]> Comment on Rule of Benedict 34 by jamie roach http://missionalorder.com/rule-of-benedict-34/#comment-3825 jamie roach Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:29:25 +0000 http://missionalorder.com/?p=1120#comment-3825 "the instant". I need to take that advice more seriously. Far too many times I "entertain" temptation. I play with it, not taking it as seriously as I ought. Too often I underestimate temptation and the power of sin, only to be bitten hard. I hope to keep in my mind this image of immediately dashing down at the feet of Christ every impure and evil thought. “the instant”. I need to take that advice more seriously. Far too many times I “entertain” temptation. I play with it, not taking it as seriously as I ought. Too often I underestimate temptation and the power of sin, only to be bitten hard.

I hope to keep in my mind this image of immediately dashing down at the feet of Christ every impure and evil thought.

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