29 - Dec - 2008
Where will you meet Christ?
Date: 29 December, 2008 | Posted By: Jonathan Blundell | Category: Reflection
The House for all Sinners and Saints blog writes about responses their tribe gave to the question, “Where did you meet Christ this week?”
- in friends who love us better than we know how to love ourselves
- in a baby, thought to have been miscarried…still in there!
- in a funeral
- in the flour dust of baking with my mom
- in the ridiculousness of my own consumption
- in the beggar near my house
- in coworkers
- in my partner’s painful home-stay
- in the mountains
- in my room
- in an unexpected conversation about faith with a new friend
- in a love letter
- in a shared meal
- in perceived regression
- in receiving a home-made gift from a 5 year old first thing in the morning
- in 2 old neighbors I had never met
- in sickness that has forced me to rest
- in the chaos of packing a house
- in tears
- in a co-worker disenchanted with the church
- in 10,000 turkeys donated
- in children laughing and playing in church
- in a young black youth struggling to be a father
- this morning in a man on the street with a bleeding forehead, he said he recognized me; i gave him some money and he called me “brother”
- in a young mother in transitional housing trying to stay clean and sober
- in the softness of the falling snow
- in that old lady’s laugh
- in kneading dough
- in an inebriated man with grandfatherly advise
- in a cat sleeping on my lap
- in quiet time alone
- in Jesse Sims on Colfax
- in Koreans in a Chinese restaurant
- in quiet time alone
- in my buddy Jason
- in someone noticing I had not been at church and praying for me. It was not someone I expected to do this.
- In conflict
- in doubt & hope
- in a hug from a security guard; a response to a simple gesture
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- in ‘coincidence’ of a reunion
- in a conversation at the Thanksgiving table
- in carrying a couch
- at Quiznos
- in the face of the dying
- in myself
- in long dialogues with a friend
- in the simple presence of others during a tough worship service
- in a phone conversation with an old, wise friend
- in grace, when I did not expect it
- in my sister’s pain
- in learning from others
- in dinner with housemates
- in my babe
- in a cop
- in silence
- in a random drunk girl
- in a friend who has walked away from his faith but still is graceful in giving
- in my church and its generosity
- in my mother
Where did you meet Christ this week?
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