The Theology Of Interruptions - Original Writing

• Writes about James, brother of Jesus, who was called the Christ. Stoned to death in A.D. 62. Pg.78

Today's world is filled with both great tragedy and abundant joy. In a densely populated metropolis like New York City, on a quick walk down a street you encounter homeless people walking among the most prosperous. Unfortunately, nine times out of ten the prosperous person will trudge straight past the one in need without a second thought. A serious problem arises when this happens continually. The problem worsens when you enter a different neighborhood and the well-to-do are far from sight. Many neighborhoods are inhabited only by the most hopeless of poverty - ridden people while others downtown or across the park do not care, or are glad to be separated from them. Such is the problem in New York City today and in Mott Haven in Jonathan

Robert Laurence Moore has written a delightful, enlightening, and provocative survey of American church history centered around the theme of "mixing" the "sacred" with the "secular" and vice versa. The major points of conversation covered include the polarization caused by the public display of religious symbols, the important contribution that women and Africans have made to the American religious mosaic, the harmony and friction that has existed between science and religion, the impact of immigration on religious pluralism, and the twin push toward the union and separation of religion and politics.

What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a matter of importance? Would one make the relation that running errands has the result of the building of character? Would it be agreed upon that constant correspondence to our peers draws us nearer to our goals? Throughout our history humans have developed an undeniable connection between the fulness of one's schedule and the matter of importance they hold in a society. However, with the uniqueness and the complexity of the human mind, does one really need to be occupied in order to progress? In order to continue to effectively grow and progress, we must abandon the futile connection that being busy is directly related to the matter of a person's importance.

On September 25, 1978, I was a 16-year-old inspiring young pilot going to high school within 10 miles of San Diego’s Lindbergh International Airport. It was about

During the Puritan Era, much of the literature was written as a way to share the gospel of God’s word with others by interweaving some of the Puritan beliefs and doctrines in to the works. Jonathan Edwards uses many of these beliefs in his atypical sermon titled “from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” in order to scare members of the church congregation into going through conversion and being “saved”. From the very beginning of his sermon, Edwards introduces the doctrine of Total Depravity, or the belief that all men are born tainted with sin, and uses it as a building block for setting up the imagery in his speech. When Edwards says, “They (sinners) have deserved the fiery pit, and are already sentenced to it; and God is dreadfully provoked…”,

Stephen Covey, an educator, author, and businessman, once said “most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important”. A lot of people are so focused on work that has to be done, even though it’s not what they should be prioritizing, for instance, family and friends. They are not appreciating living in the moment and instead are rushing around, not making time for the things they should be. If people are determined to get work done, they will soon take actions they wish hadn’t occurred. In the short story, “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets”, the main character, Tom, faces a similar problem in where ambition to do work is overtaking him and he can’t see what is important in his life.

We were at Hawaii for a week, on Friday we went zip lining. We got there, but no one was there except for the workers, we got there early. My parents started to chat with the workers and a couple minutes later everyone came and we all put our gear and helmets on.

In Langston Hughes essay “Salvation” we read of a 12-year-old boy’s experience in his aunt’s church while waiting to see Jesus. The essay seems to start in a hopeful way. He speaks of waiting to see Jesus but sitting calmly while the church tempts him to stand and be saved. Langston’s view salvation was given to him by his aunt and other old people. He waited patiently in the pew to see Jesus but the longer he sat the sadder it becomes.

"Sit down and look at your choices, blocking out all the voices of distraction, so that you can clearly see God's plan of good work in action for your life." ~ Jon Barnes

This statement sums up the whole focus of my life. All other priorities, concerns, and pursuits of mine stem from or are secondary to the commandments and teachings of this church. My future is in God’s hands, my passion to follow Him, and my desire to align my will with His. Contrary to what some may think, this doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t work hard and plan ahead. Instead, I believe that this is exactly what God wants me to do, having a mindset that is open to counsel from Him.

Sitting in this stuffed helicopter with nothing but the sound of these self proclaimed “badasses for hire” brag about their tech the entire ride, almost makes me pray for a anti-air cannon to take us down. It doesn’t help that our employer is so damn secretive that he had us drive to the middle of no where in order to get picked up and won't even tell us where we're going. A Piasecki h-21b Work horse a dinosaur among helicopters even if we didn’t get taken down this fossil could give out on us at any second, yet our we’re all crammed inside the damn thing. Now that I’m in the big leagues I better start getting use to these strangers terms, if I want to make some real cash.

In his hardback titled The Church: Contours of Christian Theology, Edmund P. Clowney writes a systematic presentation about concerning the doctrine of the church. In chapter eight of his book, he describes the Marks of the Church. Clowney writes about the marks of a true church of Christ, which include the true preaching of the Word of God; the proper observation of the sacraments; and the faithful exercise of church discipline.

Through out history, as man progressed from a primitive animal to a "human being" capable of thought and reason, mankind has had to throw questions about the meaning of our own existence to ourselves. Out of those trail of thoughts appeared religion, art, and philosophy, the fundamental process of questioning about existence. Who we are, how we came to be, where we are going, what the most ideal state is....... All these questions had to be asked and if not given a definite answer, then at least given some idea as to how to begin to search for, as humans probed deeper and deeper into the riddle that we were all born into.

I was very seldom idle, but having regularly divided my time according to the several daily employments that were before me, such as: first, my duty to God, and the reading the Scriptures, which I constantly set apart some time for thrice every day; secondly, the going abroad with my gun for food…; thirdly, the ordering, cutting, preserving, and cooking what I had killed or caught for my supply…”