Daily Meditation: The Two Sides of One Faith

The Two Sides of One Faith - from Henri Nouwen's Bread for the Journey Our faith in God who sent his Son to become God-with-us and who, with his Son, sent his Spirit to become God-within-us cannot be real without our faith in the Church.  The Church is that unlikely body of people through whom God chooses to reveal God's love for us.  Just as it seems unlikely to us that God chose to become human in a young girl living in a small, not very respected town in the Middle East over two thousand years ago, it seems unlikely that God chose to continue his work of salvation in a community of people constantly torn apart by arguments, prejudices, authority conflicts, and power games. Still, believing in Jesus and believing in the Church are two sides of one faith.  It is unlikely but divine! For further reflection... "I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant.  I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever." - Ezekiel 37: 26 (NIV) Comment on this Daily Meditation. The upcoming Advent Book Discussion - The Inner Voice of Love. To find out more, click here! The First Annual Henri Nouwen Lecture featuring Jim Wallis happens November 14, 2015. For more information, click here.   Visit our website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community.     Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.

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