In the brilliant novel Gilead, John Ames says, "Wherever you turn your eyes the world can shine like transfiguration," he writes. "You don’t have to bring a thing to it except a little willingness to see. Only, who could have the courage to see it?"
What Maryilynne Robinson is getting at is our temptation to see some things as more spiritual than other things. I have that tendency. Why? Why do I think that making (or eating) an omelet is less spiritual (or not at all spiritual) than prayer, or going to church?
Are you that way? Why or why not? How did you get this way, and what do you think of it?
Through the above link you can listen to Sunday's sermon on "How Jesus looked at people" for additional thoughts/provocation/insight.
-Matt
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