February 8, 2006
kingdom of god
From thin~spaces:
So often in America, we believe the erroneous and culturally supported notion that the [Kingdom of God] is eternal life in Heaven after you die.
I followed N.T. Wright’s idea that the Kingdom of God is more of a way of life based on our interaction with the world. Lives where we are moving toward true relationship, stewardship and Worship as we live in this world. I hoped to reintroduce the notion that the Kingdom of God is seen in a lifestyle where we bring GOD into every aspect of our daily lives.
This resonates with me. Like Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh is wont to say, “the Kingdom of God exists in the present moment”, not in some distant future, not in some other dimension. We can create Heaven on Earth by changing the way we are in it.
tags: meditation, mindfulness, religion
posted: 10:04 pm
The kingdom of God is a mysterious thing–one thing I have learned is that you cannot really KNOW the kingdom of God until you are actively participating in it. i.e. serving mercifully as Christ did to those who are the rejected, marginalized and forgotten. Only then will theory and practice unite–and you will have a glimpse of what the kingdom of God is.
A great book "This Beautiful Mess" by Rick McKinley.
http://www.amazon.com/This-Beautiful-Mess-Practicing-Presence/dp/1590525019/sr=1-1/qid=1167802583/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4429473-3764668?ie=UTF8&s=books