"Thank you Gary. Fun to revisit this dusty site! I am still committed to the SOIL manifesto. So much water under the bridge this past year and a half."
Jesus followers committed to living holistically
Eternal
Luke 12: 16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ 18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ 20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
There is a magnificent cathedral in Milan, Italy: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187849-d195239/Milan:Italy:Cathe...
There are five doors. One of the doors has this inscription over it: “That which pleases is but a moment”.
Another door has “That which troubles is but a moment”.
The center door has the inscription “Nothing is important, save that which is eternal”.
(this from Jim Mason)
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Comment by Nate Flynn on September 17, 2013 at 5:57pm
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Yeah John, walking through that center door might mean walking through jesus or WITH jesus, for in John 10:9. Jesus said, "I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture." (John 10:9).
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Comment by John Becker on September 17, 2013 at 5:17pm
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Thanks Nate. This is really causing me to reflect. I look forward to some dialogue on this. I want to daily walk through that center door.
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I have been journeying with John in his engagement in fulfilling the SOIL commitment. This led me to look back at the site and notice that it has been inactive for quite some time. I assume we have all been engaged in the current calling God has placed before each one of us. For the past four years Linda and I have been engaged in starting a shelter for runaway/homeless youth in crisis: https://www.yeshelter.org/with a couple of forays to Kenya and…See More
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"Hi John, had great time seeing you last night! Again thank for the invite to SOIL, hope I can share some positive energy with the site!"
"Holiness often isn't thought of in that way these days but that is so true. In what ways am I living a life that is different from the general way of the world, a life that is separated from the 'normal' way of living?"
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Your brother, John"
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