A holistic Christianity is what I envision. A church that doesn’t compartmentalize it’s spirituality – Sunday morning…check; Wednesday night…check. A holistic Christian does not simply put on the Jesus face two or three times a week, instead they walk with Christ (asking others to come along) at work, play, and home.
What I am seeking, in my quest to be more holistic (and more authentic in my Christianity) is to have Christ at the center of every piece of my day. I am a sports fan who loves Jesus. I am a Jesus fan who loves the Chicago Bears. Those things are connected in my life.
I am proposing that we look for ways to connect each of the areas of our lives instead of trying to disconnect them. I Look for ways to bring my love of Christ into my love of sports (and visa versa). For too long I believed I had to live with a disconnect in the passion areas of my life. Now, as I stretch to become more holistic in my Christianity, I am brainstorming ways to blend the various things I am passionate about, together. Not to place priorities above Christ, but to prioritize Him in all things.
The more I examine my life, the more I am led to Christ and I am confronted with this man. Jesus had a very holistic approach to life: His life, time, money, family, work (ministry), and faith – they were all intertwined. Jesus’ life was 100% engulfed by His love and devotion to His Father – and that connected to each facet of His life. Read the Gospels and you find a man whose actions, time, family, friends, talents and passions were all permeated with God. When I begin to grasp the intensity of Jesus life and ministry, I am absolutely stunned by the holism of His life – and I want to be more like Him.
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6 comments:
I'm with you. It is so wrong for us to try to divide what God hasn't divided. He made us as whole people, but we want to divide our spirit from our mind from our body. Stupid Gnostic influences, who do you think you are, Plato?
I especially see this when people try to put down careers that aren't paid for by the church, as if a mechanic can't have a sacred job. That just feeds into the mentality that church is where you go to be holy and the rest of the time is to be used for profane purposes.
What's this? Justin Bruner has a blog? What, What!!!
I owe you an e-mail...
Not to mention promoting the "church" as the circle them there wagons, holy huddle. That stuff drives me CRAZY!
welcome to postmodernity! jump on in! the water's a bit crazy!
With you there
kneI don't know how you can be a Christian and a Chicago Bears fan at the same time -- Arizona Cardinals maybe but a Bears fan?
Thanks for your deep insights. I'm teaching a Worldview Development class at ABCU Liberia and am looking for good thoughts in this area.
After you finish your MDiv come out and help us.
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Del Chinchen
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