Take ~5 minutes to read this 'COUGARS Daily' which contains snippets from A Slice of Infinity. Invite your family and friends to participate in reading with you daily. Then, consider sharing your comments or faith questions at CougarsDaily.blogspot.com
A Slice of Infinity snippets:
Our remembrance of Christ lifts us similarly, though with the help of the Holy Spirit, it is a far more profound ascending. When we remember Christ in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, we remember the last meal shared with the disciples in the upper room; we remember the death of Christ and his path to the Cross; we remember these events in such a way that we are carried beyond our present lives to the events that changed all of history. But far more than this, we are also lifted to the ascended Christ as he sits today at the right hand of the Father--resurrected, living, and present. In this sense, it is far more than a static memory of a grandparent in history or a friend whose life was cut short. We are lifted by the Spirit as we remember the one who stands with us today--here and now in the kingdom he died to proclaim. In this memory, we are further united with Christ as adopted sons and daughters. In his presence, we are taught some of the glorious things our present distractions would have us to forget, and some of the difficult things we are asked to endure, though at the side of the one who endured the most. We remember Christ, and we remember who we are.
Chad's comments:
Remembering who we are: We are chosen, forgiven, broken and sent. It is a difficult task to wade through the merkyness of all that would attempt to define us today. From Oprah to National Geographic, there are continual mixed messages that at the heart define our being as something less than true. May we find the courage to center ourselves on Christ; knowing that we are not orphans in this universe; some cosmic accident of matter plus time plus chance. Rather, we are sons and daughters of the living God. Created to love God and our neighbor as ourself. We belong to the Good Sheppard.
As a group, I will be challenging you to reach out to a neighbor. To invite someone over to your home whom you have had little to no contact with. This is not an effort to 'evangelize' them on the spot, but simply an effort to begin REAL relationship with them. Be in prayer about whom God would have you invite. More to come.
* Make Space for unbelievers in your life.
* Post your stories of God's intervention on the blog.
* Look for ways to share Awe and Wonder with children - leave suggestions at CougarsDaily.blogspot.com
* Consider joining Life-Devotions (a group of about 100 catholics and protestants sharing their faith through daily devotions and discussion - strong pro Life content)
* Voice of the Martyrs
- For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said,
A Slice of Infinity snippets:
Our remembrance of Christ lifts us similarly, though with the help of the Holy Spirit, it is a far more profound ascending. When we remember Christ in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, we remember the last meal shared with the disciples in the upper room; we remember the death of Christ and his path to the Cross; we remember these events in such a way that we are carried beyond our present lives to the events that changed all of history. But far more than this, we are also lifted to the ascended Christ as he sits today at the right hand of the Father--resurrected, living, and present. In this sense, it is far more than a static memory of a grandparent in history or a friend whose life was cut short. We are lifted by the Spirit as we remember the one who stands with us today--here and now in the kingdom he died to proclaim. In this memory, we are further united with Christ as adopted sons and daughters. In his presence, we are taught some of the glorious things our present distractions would have us to forget, and some of the difficult things we are asked to endure, though at the side of the one who endured the most. We remember Christ, and we remember who we are.
Chad's comments:
Remembering who we are: We are chosen, forgiven, broken and sent. It is a difficult task to wade through the merkyness of all that would attempt to define us today. From Oprah to National Geographic, there are continual mixed messages that at the heart define our being as something less than true. May we find the courage to center ourselves on Christ; knowing that we are not orphans in this universe; some cosmic accident of matter plus time plus chance. Rather, we are sons and daughters of the living God. Created to love God and our neighbor as ourself. We belong to the Good Sheppard.
Upcoming Cougars' "Neighbor-Day" weekend:
As a group, I will be challenging you to reach out to a neighbor. To invite someone over to your home whom you have had little to no contact with. This is not an effort to 'evangelize' them on the spot, but simply an effort to begin REAL relationship with them. Be in prayer about whom God would have you invite. More to come.
* Make Space for unbelievers in your life.
* Post your stories of God's intervention on the blog.
* Look for ways to share Awe and Wonder with children - leave suggestions at CougarsDaily.blogspot.com
* Consider joining Life-Devotions (a group of about 100 catholics and protestants sharing their faith through daily devotions and discussion - strong pro Life content)
* Voice of the Martyrs
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