Dear Friends in Christ -
Here's a little thought for the day . . . something written by R.W. Kennedy, a fellow preacher. This reframes my thinking about struggling with God . . . how about you?
Blessings,
Janet+
"In Nikos Kazantzakis' novel Report to Graeco, a young truth-seeker travels to a monastic community off the coast of Greece to visit with the hermits there in an attempt to discover their way to God. one day the young man talks with an elderly hermit who has lived alone for 40 years. 'Tell me father,' the young man says, 'Do you struggle with the devil?' 'Oh, no my son,' the old man responded, 'My flesh is too old for that. I struggle now with God.' In astonishment the young man exclaimed, 'With God, father? Do you hope to win?' 'Oh, no, my son,' the aged hermit replied, [in all of my struggles with God] ' I hope to lose.'"
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The official blog for St. Paul's - featuring parish news and events, with reflections written by our Rector, the Rev. Janet Waggoner
About Me
- Janet Waggoner
- Rector of a dynamic Episcopal congregation in the Lower Naugatuck Valley; wife of Ed Waggoner, a professor of religion and theology; mother of two children