Heart and Mind

[Carl Thomas Gladstone]

::The Conversation::                                      June 6, 2006 HEART and MIND "This is simplicity: when a steady view, a single intention of promoting God's glory, of doing and suffering his blessed will, runs through our whole soul. fills all our heart, and is the constant spring of all our thoughts, desires, and purposes." - J. Wesley John Wesley was ridiculously well-read. On Mondays and Tuesdays he read the classics.  Wednesdays was logic and ethics.  Thursdays, biblical languages. Saturdays was devoted to poetry and developing his preaching.  And Sundays was the big day for theology. And yet, the early Methodist movement was built on religious pietism - a religious view that through practices of the faith it was the heart that was transformed. The Christian life is lived in this intersection of heart and mind.  We are instructed in the faith, we learn prayers and creeds, we hear the history of the church.  And then we take all that knowledge with us as we open our hearts to one another in prayer, mission, and worship. So don't be fooled - it's our body, mind, spirit, and voice that we put on the line when we call ourselves Christian. No one will win out over the others if we are seeking to live in the fullness of Jesus. Carl Links the EMERGE community The Penny Project The NOAH Proj. Cass Community Baldwin Center Freecycle Plowcreek The Food Jesus Ate Foot Washing   Sister Gertrude The Modern Exchange Barna Geeks and God Soul Stretch READ Phillians 4:7 - The peace of God sometimes doesn't make a lot of logical sense.  Like the workers in the field, it feels unfair for the least of these to recieve this gift along with the daylong workers.  But in the end this peace will be the thing that protects our minds and our hearts and it all comes together in the reality and love of Jesus.

Upcoming Events Information Sundays, cancelled! LATE NIGHT BIBLE STUDY - come on Mondays! Thursday, June 8 Emerge Community Worship/Coffeehouse, 8 PM Mondays, June 5, 12, 19, 26 LATE NIGHT BIBLE STUDY, 10 PM @ Sweetwaters in Royal Oak Topic: When Scriptures Kill - Murder in the Holy Bible Worship * Concerts * BibleStudies/Trips *

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.::Carl Thomas Gladstone::. 
Deacon, First UMC: Birmingham
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