5 to 6 May (Jenny)

Total Church: I do like this book. In my current contextual disorientation I am struggling to absorb it properly. This is challenging, "In our experience, people are often enthusiastic about community until it impinges on their decision-making. For all their rhetoric, they still expect to make decisions by themselves for themselves. We assume we are masters of our own lives" (pg 45). I think this sentence captures the essence of the difficulty that African and western traditions experience in working together.
Hebrews 4&5: "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account" (4:13). I am glad that God knows me and that I cannot trick him or confuse him or hide from him. There is a security in that.