“Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.” St. Augustine
Reading this again this morning I decided to look up “Christian” in Wikipedia – where else right? I got a chuckle out of this comment: “While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance.” I love that understatement – there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict.” But I can’t let that cause me to lose sight of the reality that there are similarities also – the “believing that Jesus has a unique significance.” (I can only assume the author of the Wikipedia section took an understatement pill that day.)
While it is true that spending time in a garage won’t make me a car, walking into a library tends to make me quieter. I do think that spending time with other Christians, particularly when that somehow (the Holy Spirit?) inherently causes us to focus on and reflect the teachings of Jesus and his “unique significance,” helps. St. Augustine may be on to something.
It occurs to me... 