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Comments on: an imperfect fold http://www.the-back-porch.com/2007/05/10/a-imperfect-fold/ What would Jesus do on a Saturday night? Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:23:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: GWAR http://www.the-back-porch.com/2007/05/10/a-imperfect-fold/#comment-67 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:01:24 +0000 http://www.the-back-porch.com/2007/05/10/a-imperfect-fold/#comment-67 I cant help but think about how they describe laundry machines. they "agitate" your clothes to make them clean. On places where people were buried, temples were built. I had my thumb intentionally broken once so that it would heal better than it would have naturally. The destruction/construction thing is very interesting to me. It's in my darkest hours, the searing pains, and my worst nightmares that I've recognized whatever catalyst I've been looking for to activate some kind of progressive construction project, renovating myself and my heart, something that never would have been possible had things gone on "business as usual". On the eco-socio-political side of things, it was the wartime economy that brought the west out of the depression, and we've been actively pushing that same kind of wartime mindframe ever since to keep the economy ramped up. its the breaks, the fractures, the cleavages and the stains that we see in the mirror that are the causes and reasons we find to build and repair, create and wash, or maybe even to make something completely new. this might have all seemed a bit off topic, but as I was reading this is what I was thinking of. I cant help but think about how they describe laundry machines. they “agitate” your clothes to make them clean. On places where people were buried, temples were built. I had my thumb intentionally broken once so that it would heal better than it would have naturally.

The destruction/construction thing is very interesting to me. It’s in my darkest hours, the searing pains, and my worst nightmares that I’ve recognized whatever catalyst I’ve been looking for to activate some kind of progressive construction project, renovating myself and my heart, something that never would have been possible had things gone on “business as usual”. On the eco-socio-political side of things, it was the wartime economy that brought the west out of the depression, and we’ve been actively pushing that same kind of wartime mindframe ever since to keep the economy ramped up.

its the breaks, the fractures, the cleavages and the stains that we see in the mirror that are the causes and reasons we find to build and repair, create and wash, or maybe even to make something completely new.

this might have all seemed a bit off topic, but as I was reading this is what I was thinking of.

]]> by: waldean http://www.the-back-porch.com/2007/05/10/a-imperfect-fold/#comment-51 Mon, 14 May 2007 14:10:37 +0000 http://www.the-back-porch.com/2007/05/10/a-imperfect-fold/#comment-51 GREAT thoughts Peter! I sometimes think about this issue as it relates to our call to show Jesus to others. We seem to have the impulse to hide our failures and pretend that we've got it "all together". I think this separates us from the mission. Jesus shows himself as he helps us work through our "stuff". It's about the journey and God's power to move us forward. When we, hypocritically, try to show our perfection we lose a great connection to those who need our help. Jesus is our perfection. GREAT thoughts Peter!

I sometimes think about this issue as it relates to our call to show Jesus to others. We seem to have the impulse to hide our failures and pretend that we’ve got it “all together”. I think this separates us from the mission. Jesus shows himself as he helps us work through our “stuff”. It’s about the journey and God’s power to move us forward. When we, hypocritically, try to show our perfection we lose a great connection to those who need our help.

Jesus is our perfection.

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