Sunday, May 15, 2011

We are relational beings

Just borrowed the excerpt below from Donald Miller. I'm sure he won't mind. The ideas of being a relational being have been on my mind a lot lately, both when experiencing loneliness and all the negative feelings that come with that, and when experiencing the joys of relationship.
It may not make much sense out of context, but oh well...


1. That we are relational, that we have no identity outside relationships. This is why a sunset is more beautiful when it’s shared.
2. That we are designed to be in relationship with each other, but that we are also to be in relationship with God. And we have a promise we will be at some point in the future.
3. That propositional theology reducing the relational dynamics of the gospel are hogwash. They are born out of a desire to control and understand rather than a desire to relate.
4. That God has all the agency with which to complete us, and we have none.
5. That our faith should not be lived or understood in independence.

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