Permission to be human...Sir?

From the every brilliant ASBO Jesus (his site is listed in 'stuff' on the right)

Is being allowing/encouraging ourselves and others to be 'human' dangerous or essential to being an apprentice of Jesus? (I say 'apprentice of Jesus' rather than a 'Christian' or 'for the church' as honesty is definitely often seen as threatening in those cultures)

What do you think - honestly!?

How great (thou) ART

Let me kick something off- just sharing a thought I had today when I saw this image. I am a big fan of 'Art'. I think that Creator God is particularly, prophetically, poetically and profoundly present in the God image reflecting act of creation that we do when we make/encounter art. (you could also say 'make...' - something else that is about creation and beauty joy comfort etc!) Anyway, I am not saying all Art is 'good', it just seems to create what the Celtic Christians called 'thin places' where heaven and earth are mysteriously close, even touching. Take a look at this bit of graffiti and keep in your mind the Lord's prayer

Our Father which art in heaven,Hallowed be thy name,Thy kingdom come,Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil:For thine is the kingdom,and the power, and the glory,for ever. Amen.

What does it make you think, feel, want to stop doing, start doing, continue doing, pray, cry out for, confess, etc etc etc? What was your own response?

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So then

So then - what are we going round the field with this time? What shall we get out in the open to explore and get excited about. What questions could this space give us space for? What's round the next corner and over the next horizon? What might we dream?

Basically - What do we want to do on here?

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