Dr. Green, I wanted to take the opportunity to ask you this question here, if you have the time and inclination to respond to it: Have you read Marilynne Robinson's essay "Dietrich Bonhoeffer", and if so what are your thoughts on it?
I am reminded of a trellis—a structure that allows for form in organic growth; a structure that has sufficient open space so that the sun (of trust, love) has full access for healthy organic, intermingling growth, that allows each leaf to reach for the sun. A structure that has a beginning from a gardener, and a telos. A structure that supports in gales but allows the breeze (of the Spirit) to stir the leaves, and that provides stabilities in seasons of summer and winter.
There is much about trust and control, and finite beginnings and endings, to dwell upon.
And as always, it reminds me of ways to pray for you, and for the Church of God.
Dr. Green, I wanted to take the opportunity to ask you this question here, if you have the time and inclination to respond to it: Have you read Marilynne Robinson's essay "Dietrich Bonhoeffer", and if so what are your thoughts on it?
I am reminded of a trellis—a structure that allows for form in organic growth; a structure that has sufficient open space so that the sun (of trust, love) has full access for healthy organic, intermingling growth, that allows each leaf to reach for the sun. A structure that has a beginning from a gardener, and a telos. A structure that supports in gales but allows the breeze (of the Spirit) to stir the leaves, and that provides stabilities in seasons of summer and winter.
There is much about trust and control, and finite beginnings and endings, to dwell upon.
And as always, it reminds me of ways to pray for you, and for the Church of God.