Yes, kindom...rather than kingdom. Much more inclusive, don't you think? So today in graduate school, I got to make a collage of what my "kindom of God" looks like and then we all went to the Dean's house for dinner. I don't even have to make a donation:) I also wrote my first reflective paper - it's 2 1/2 pages and was quite fun to write. Don't get me wrong - I would do none of this if I wasn't getting credit! But it is so nice to be doing it for credit and find it so interesting and fun!
So class today was on the concept that Easter is not about Jesus and the resurrection, but about how Jesus still lives today. The scholars we are studying propose that it is irrelevant what happened to Jesus body. The poignancy is how people still feel Jesus in their lives. The scholars feel the proof for Jesus being "Lord" and for God loving the world, is in how people still feel the presence of Jesus - both mystically and personally. The big deal is that Jesus is still a best seller, the single most talked about being on the planet - ever, and that his Daddy still loves the world through people trying to be like him...imperfect though it is.
I just find it all fascinating. We will have God in our lives...no matter what. And that folks, is why I am here.
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