Posted by Margaret As with others who have responded, I too was moved by the idea you describe of us all needing to be there so that the whole can be complete. I laughed at your ‘hail’ story; though as one who has been caught outside in hail I know it is no joke! I don’t have the same reliance on a God though. I had to be independent when orphaned and I can understand now, as an adult, how I have been formed by that experience. I can’t imagine giving ‘control’ to God. I have just read something by Richard Rohr that talks about the Franciscan way of being, to identify with those on the edges and fringes. He talks about the necessity for tears so that you can learn empathy. He stresses though that this does not mean we get stuck in a theology where we “need answers”. He talks about how the need for certitude leads us away from wisdom. He says that Jesus was “the image of the invisible God” who is not mainly here to “fix things” by atonement. These sorts of ideas about God seem to make more sense to me than a heavy stress on “God died for our sins”. When I read the kind of things Rohr wrote, I don’t by any means understand all he is saying, but they somehow give me hope that there is an answer out there somewhere.
on November 22, 2005, 4:55 pm, in reply to "And the Dance goes on..."
Hi there Jo
Quite a convo you have started here!
Margaret
PS: With respect to the book you mention, I have to admit here that I am not an Aussie but live over the ditch!
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