Ah, Spring. The sun is shining. The trees are blossoming. The druids are writing blogs.
4 April 2007 Jeff Gill
I don’t usually start the day wondering what The Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America has to say, but you never know where the life (or the internet) will take you. A blog I read linked to this article about peak oil (basically, a so far accurate theory for predicting the rise, peak and decline of production in any oil field. This theory predicts that oil production for the whole earth will peak this decade.) The entire article was interesting, but this is what really caught my eye:
…human thought is mythic by its very nature. We think with myths, as inevitably as we see with eyes and eat with mouths. Thus any attempt to bring about significant social change must start from the mythic level, with an emotionally powerful and symbolically meaningful narrative, or it will go nowhere.
In other words, what really matters to people, what really creates change is
- the stories, not the facts
- the heart, not the head
- the love, not the being right
- the feelings, not the thoughts
You cannot bring someone into the family of God through a rational argument. They must come through Jesus, a person who told stories that touched people’s hearts. He showed love in ways that were meaningful to first century people — healing, feeding, casting out demons. He made people think, oh yes, but even more he aroused great feeling in people’s hearts.
The Grand Archdruid’s article, The Failure of Reason is longish, but excellent reading. Go check it out.
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Things being said about Ah, Spring. The sun is shining. The trees are blossoming. The druids are writing blogs.
On 4 April 2007 christine wrote:
Good.
Stories are my fave things,
and songs, and Jeff Gills.
On 7 April 2007 Beth wrote:
I bumped in to a friend I havn’t seen for a while today, who has stopped going to church – and my overwhelming feeling was “he really, really needs to know that Christians love him.”
Spot on again Mr and Mrs Gill.
On 2 May 2007 MargieH wrote:
Well said! I think we take story for granted and I think there’s more to this than Christians reckon with. Thanks for sharing your stories. Stories are always fun. (Didn’t listen to your worship song yet but I’m sure it’s wonderful.) Love your photos. Congratulations to your church for your first year together.