Out of Eden

In his Pentecost Sunday, after noting that he and the church are sharing the same birthday this year, reflects not on where his life has been and is going, but where the church has been and is going. He suggests that we might learn something from Gobekli Tepe, a Temple built in Eden by our stone age cousins. "We have the fortune or misfortune, depending on your perspective, of living in a time of major transition on many fronts. This is especially true for the church. It is hard to say how it will play out. Perhaps our great, great-grandchildren will have a clue. But being clueless, does not give me the excuse to give my shoulders a “she’ll be right” shrug. I do believe the decisions we make today can have a profound and permanent effect on human life. The church exists to worship. What we worship, and how and who we do it with, matters. It is a matter of transformation, individually and communally. But the question is will it be a transformation that gives us abundant life or death." Full text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=503&id=937.