Author: trinityweb
“They wanted to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds!”
This Mexican proverb by Ernesto Cardenal1 represents the relationship between the current situation on our planet Earth and some activists around the world who are advocating in favor of the preservation of the environment in the face of climate change issue and the organized movement to resist it. The beauty of the metaphor lies in the image of a seed, representing life, directly related to the dust, the ground, the soil, and the mother.
Allow yourself to be human, even in sadness
For a few decades now, many believers have been taught that we should not experience sadness, anger, suffering, anguish, etc. Everything from the cliché, ‘you are a victorious child of God, therefore, you must not live in defeat’.
Permítete ser humano, incluso en la tristeza
Desde hace algunas décadas hasta hoy, a muchos creyentes se nos ha enseñado que no debemos experimentar tristeza, enojo, sufrimiento, angustia, etc. Todo desde el cliché, ‘usted es un victorioso hermano y los hijos de Dios no deben vivir en derrota’.
It is time to turn back to Jesus
If you cannot remember the 22 characteristics of a good husband or wife, the 10 things you have to do to overcome temptation, or the 4 types of love in Greek; it is time to turn back to Jesus.
Es tiempo de volver a Jesús
Si no puedes recordar las 22 características de un buen esposo o esposa, las 10 cosas que tienes que hacer para vencer la tentación, o los 4 tipos de amor en griego; es tiempo de volver a Jesús.
El día de reposo es para el ser humano y no el ser humano para el día de reposo
Aunque da la impresión que la predicación actual girara alrededor de la obediencia como valor absoluto y superlativo, la Biblia pareciera empecinarse en narrar la vereda opuesta. Casi la mayoría de relatos bíblicos están marcados por el tinte rebelde de la desobediencia a sistemas nocivos para los protagonistas y los pueblos que representaban, en medio de sociedades que obedecían a sus tradiciones y que buscaban cerrar el paso a aquellas voces silentes que pretendían contar los hechos desde su visión sin que estas fueran apagadas.
Law exists to serve people, not to enslave them
Although it looks like current preaching revolves around obedience as an absolute and superlative value, the Bible seems to insist on narrating the opposite path. Almost the majority of biblical stories are marked by the rebellious tinge of disobedience to oppress systems by the protagonists and the peoples they represented in the midst of societies that obeyed their traditions and that sought to block the way to those silent voices that tried to tell their tales.
My children do not want to follow Jesus
There are many cases in which a child, despite the principles they have received at home, decides not to embrace the Christian faith. This can bring great disappointment to parents, who carry a pain behind them that ultimately leads them to wonder, what did we do wrong?
