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Doubting and disenchanted Christians need to recover a way of speaking about angels and demons because the language of discerning the spirits helps us shift focus away from concrete examples of oppression to attend to the Zeitgeist that produces these injustices.
Reviving Old Scratch
Richard Beck
Christianity got into bed with empire. It went from being a prophet of the kingdom to a puppet of the empire. Love of neighbor was swiftly discarded for a more practical ethic of upkeeping the political life of the state. A church that was once on the margins had become the center, had become the persecutor of other minorities, and now wielded the power over society. A church went from a people to a building and institution. Mission was out “there” beyond the boundaries of Christendom. ... Orthodoxy (right beliefs) overtook orthopraxy (right behavior or practices) rooted in the story of Jesus
Making It Plain
Drew G.I. Hart
How would my daily schedule change if I did a little more of what I'm great at and a little less of what I'm not great at?
3-2-1: Momentum, How to Be the Best, and the Source of Inspiration
James Clear
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