Monday, 29 August 2011

Photo and reflection August 29th 2011



Compassionate Action


Myal River -Tea Gardens


It seems to me that it is a minority that gets the true and full gospel. We just keep worshiping Jesus and arguing over the right way to do it. The amazing thing is that Jesus never once says “worship me!” He says, “follow me” (e.g., Matthew 4:19).

Christianity is a lifestyle—a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made it into a clever “religion,” in order to avoid the lifestyle itself. One could be warlike, greedy, racist, selfish, and vain, and still believe that Jesus is their “personal Lord and Savior.” The world has no time for such silliness anymore. The suffering on Earth is too great.

Fr Richard Ruhr


18 comments:

  1. Amen my friend ,Amen and an awesome capture;)

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  2. Thanks Baz - had to use that photo eh!! Glad you like the reflection too!

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  3. It reminds me of a lot of the post war Japanese pictures from that time.

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  4. Ahh interesting you see that - this is exactly as the image came out - taken very early in the morning so it has a sort of sepia look about it. Did you have connections with Japan??

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  5. very peaceful looking. so true about beliefs of the "right way" for spiritual beliefs.

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  6. No connecton with Japan, put when I first looked at photographic magazines the Japanese photographers seemed to be in favour !

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  7. A glorious combination of photo and words!

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  8. Thanks Lyn - it was a very soft light that morning that creating a nice softness to the photos. Thanks for reading too

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  9. Beautiful photo Keith and very wise words! xx

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  10. Quite lovely - both - your combination of words and photograph.

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  11. Hi Lois and thank you for your nice comment - real nice you dropped by

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  12. That's a beautiful photo! And wise words indeed!

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