It is easy to see how the first followers of Jesus couldn't envision anything different than the world they knew, that familiar terrain around them that only seemed to offer one possibility. The cultivation of imagination and vision seems as much a discipline as it is part and parcel of a creative spirit. All too often, the same narrow vision overtakes us. Instead of seeing a vibrant city or oasis, we see only sand and dust. We quench the imagination of what could be because we inhabit a world that seduces us toward a tunnel-vision that only sees the realm of our own needs and interests (Manning, 2012)
Today's reading reminded me of the importance of seeing a vision of a greater world than this. In difficult and challenging times, it's so easy to see the narrow view of things, to just be focused on the here-and-now, to see things from earthly lenses and want my immediate needs and wants to be met. I hope that my mind will constantly renewed so that I can see things through other-worldly lenses and grow to desire to live the new life.
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Theological Imagination
“Safe?”.... Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.- The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe
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