... somehow what we do matters. What we do matters much less than we would like to think. We are small in a large world. Get that straight and new behaviors become possible. One new behavior is humility; another is joy in participation in the cosmos. What Bill McKibben pointed out in his book, The Comforting Whirlwind: God, Job, And The Scale Of Creation,1 is that often it is the conventional wisdom that hurts us the most. Not only with regard to Job and his exquisite dilemma but also with things that transcend ...
... of his message, he said the greatest law was "Love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and the second is like unto it, love your neighbor as you love yourself." (Matthew 22:37) There is an excellent article by Bill McKibben in the current issue of Harper's Magazine entitled "The Christian Paradox: How a Faithful Nation Gets Jesus Wrong." His premise is that though America is clearly the most Christian of all nations, a culture literally "saturated in Christian identity," when it comes ...
... of grace into gifts of glory, these Christians had literally "dis-graced" their gifts, substituting self for service, and replacing the personal ego for the divine "I am." In a recent article for Harper's magazine, award-winning writer and United Methodist layman Bill McKibben discussed the fact that three out of four US Americans believe that the admonition "God helps those who help themselves" is found in the Bible. We like the sound of that quote. It suggests that we can get ourselves together and get on ...
