tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10370082.post6037286001856227834..comments2023-10-12T00:38:22.052-07:00Comments on Even you: At OnementElanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15573499648324669915noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10370082.post-37484465616332081302007-04-06T08:37:00.000-07:002007-04-06T08:37:00.000-07:00Thanks, Tim: I'm always glad for Lewis' basic sani...Thanks, Tim: I'm always glad for Lewis' basic sanity.<BR/><BR/>I do believe there is actual transformation -- we are not already Christ -- but that it is usually subtle and slow, like skin cells regenerating or "my" molecules being replaced by some from Taiwan. If I am attentive, and prayefully aim toward communion, I will be changed.<BR/><BR/>It is the source of my hope for the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10370082.post-76630008003133443152007-04-06T07:08:00.000-07:002007-04-06T07:08:00.000-07:00A most thoughtful reflection, Elane. I like what C...A most thoughtful reflection, Elane. I like what C. S. Lewis says about the cross: "The central Christian belief is that Christ's death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start. Theories as to how it did this are another matter. A good many different theories have been held as to how it works; what all Christians are agreed on is that it does work."<BR/><BR/>That's what I believe, that it does work, that we are reconciled to God through the cross, that we are made one with God through the cross, by being joined with Christ in his death ... and resurrection.<BR/><BR/>We do choose to "take up our own crosses." We are asked (invited!) to give up all we think we have, in order to receive all we can have. But what we find is not that we do not transform ourselves, but simply choose to be what we already are in Christ and because of Christ.<BR/><BR/>We do belong to God; we are made one in Christ and with each other. We simply have to see it and embrace it ... and live it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com