August 22, 2005

the words of brother roger

Every human being yearns to be loved as well as to love. It is not for nothing that the Gospel alerts us about not becoming locked up in isolation.

When we are listened to, obstacles created by frustrations of the heart and wounds from a recent or distant past fall away. Being listened to is the begining of a healing of the soul.

And the breath of a trust arises...and a gateway to freedom begins to open up.

I will be posting these brief quotations from Brother Roger on the Reconciler blog this week. You can also find my sermon there. As of 09:30, I am still writing it up for the blog. Give it a minute or two...and then check it out. I preached about Brother Roger...and, honestly, Irish music. It makes sense. Really.

Posted by tripp at August 22, 2005 09:31 AM
Comments

Oh man, I'm so sorry I missed it. I didn't make it to my own church in the morning and all day I thought, well I'll go to Church of the Reconciler tonight, but I was feeling too tired and lazy and never made it. I so wished I had!

Posted by: Jennifer at August 22, 2005 02:35 PM

We would love to have you any time. You know that.

On that note, keep your eyes open! We may very well be moving to new digs! Yes, indeed! It is possible that Reconciler will be renting a chapel space from an existing congregation...Who knew!?

Posted by: Tripp at August 22, 2005 02:54 PM

Thanks for linking to the sermon. After writing about naming and unnaming last week for my last clinical I found it particularly meaningful.

Posted by: beth at August 22, 2005 09:54 PM