tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post982719011219220855..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: "Happy Easter"?byron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-34499413660644638222008-03-21T08:18:00.000+00:002008-03-21T08:18:00.000+00:00Busyness is an important problem, but a second (an...Busyness is an important problem, but a second (and related issue) is the homogenization of time into regular, interchangeable units, as though one time is much like another.<BR/><BR/><I>A question I would ask regarding Lent is does it help slow down the market driven busyness of life instilling needed and regular rhythm into ones life, or does it produce a sense of duty that one has done or byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-64362235554436971942008-03-21T06:50:00.000+00:002008-03-21T06:50:00.000+00:00Oops I should have said a big difference between r...Oops I should have said a big difference between respecting a person and trusting / praying..Craig Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15588042075470456058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-31482867627897558882008-03-21T06:48:00.000+00:002008-03-21T06:48:00.000+00:00Today, with the market driving us to abandon all d...<I>Today, with the market driving us to abandon all distinctions between days so that the workforce is infinitely flexible in order to be maximally productive, I wonder whether we need to rediscover the importance of seasons and rhythms to life.</I><BR/><BR/>This is an important question. Though could it be said that the past rhythms of life were more cultural rather than God ordained? <BR/><BR/>Craig Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15588042075470456058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-34673345740361351062008-03-20T12:03:00.000+00:002008-03-20T12:03:00.000+00:00Joshua - no points for Sydney (a little too easy),...Joshua - no points for Sydney (a little too easy), but I'll give you five for picking the buildings. It might have been more if you'd waited till I had offered points.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-65669300824562943542008-03-20T12:01:00.000+00:002008-03-20T12:01:00.000+00:00Though there is no rich depth to their cultural ha...<I>Though there is no rich depth to their cultural habits in praying to mary and the saints whom they focus on.</I><BR/>On the contrary, though I think there is much that is misleading about the practice, there is still much that is good: the respect paid to faithful witnesses who serve as secondary examples of the diversity of what a holy life can look like; the honour paid to Mary, blessed byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1176493281763970922008-03-20T09:52:00.000+00:002008-03-20T09:52:00.000+00:00Any points for recognising the city in the photo a...Any points for recognising the city in the photo as Sydney? The sun is shining between Governor Philip Tower and Aurora Place.Joshua Kuswadihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07878911269728024617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-28020344315793416612008-03-20T09:06:00.000+00:002008-03-20T09:06:00.000+00:00I can certainly say that it won't be to shame them...I can certainly say that it won't be to shame them. Though there is no rich depth to their cultural habits in praying to mary and the saints whom they focus on.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully it will be more of an engagement with them in how Christ has set us free from all religiosity and that through Him we have both total access to the Father and complete forgiveness of sins.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what youCraig Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15588042075470456058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-10752574638982529632008-03-20T07:50:00.000+00:002008-03-20T07:50:00.000+00:00As for your inlaws: I assume your aim is not simpl...As for your inlaws: I assume your aim is not simply to shame them out of their practice by making them feel silly for not understanding it, but to help them discover the depth and richness in their cultural habits (whose meaning they have forgotten), revealing the shape of the gospel in their lived experience.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-20343478286819193222008-03-20T07:45:00.000+00:002008-03-20T07:45:00.000+00:00As Christians shouldn't every day be a celebration...<I>As Christians shouldn't every day be a celebration of Christs death and resurrection? </I><BR/>Yes.<BR/><BR/>And no. Although every day is lived in the way of the cross and the hope of resurrection, we do not, at every point of every day, focus equally on every aspect of this. The Christian calendar is (amongst other things) an application of wisdom in order to guide us through the themes of byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-42810267551559271512008-03-20T07:37:00.000+00:002008-03-20T07:37:00.000+00:00I don't see what the whole fuss is over Lent mysel...I don't see what the whole fuss is over Lent myself! :-(<BR/><BR/>As Christians shouldn't every day be a celebration of Christs death and resurrection? <BR/><BR/>This Sunday will be funny at my inlaw's as they don't normally give two hoots about Christ and Christianity, but some of them will have been religiously fasting something for lent and we will ask them why?Craig Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15588042075470456058noreply@blogger.com