tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658097024755959565.post6743645632683259999..comments2023-09-29T00:49:09.824-07:00Comments on Awaiting Redemption: The Good Life Sermon 8--"What Can This Relationship Do for Me?"Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16224512898969884864noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658097024755959565.post-27038879428878546492009-01-13T08:56:00.000-08:002009-01-13T08:56:00.000-08:00The sermon on the mount is a tough act to follow. ...The sermon on the mount is a tough act to follow. We know what Perfect Love is. We can define it as human beings but being finite creatures we know will never experience it on earth.<BR/><BR/>Perfect Love is something outside of our earthly existence. But not to pursue this impossible dream brings madness.<BR/> <BR/>In our western culture, we pursue it by finding useful good and a path that is visible to our nature.<BR/><BR/>It seems pragmatism governs us but we can still plug this into our journey on earth as wanderers from another place.<BR/><BR/>Now we find our path ahead full of ruts and rocks related to our economic crisis. <BR/><BR/>What do we do?<BR/>We know that Perfect Love is God Himself ( you can defer that extension for awhile but sooner or later you will take it into your soul ). For now, just promote the useful good in your life and in community and society where you live. What is the primary useful good you can use to do your part?<BR/><BR/>I am an advocate for human dignity in the workday and fair trade and hopefully this useful good will steer many towards the impossible dream of Perfect Love praying that it will be part of us in our quest.<BR/><BR/>We consider this our "ministry".<BR/>No matter what spiritual community I experienced in life, the workday was the biggest stumbling block in the path to Perfect Love.<BR/><BR/>See http://therationale.com/<BR/>http://www.ethicsbox.com<BR/>http://tapsearch.com/tapartnews/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15555635879115959214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658097024755959565.post-54404991926931220912009-01-12T19:48:00.000-08:002009-01-12T19:48:00.000-08:00See The Rationale Quest at http://www.therationale...See The Rationale Quest at http://www.therationale.com which explores philosophy and religion related to workers and labor in the global economic arena. Ray Tapajna calls workers the stepchildren of philosophy and religion with free trade and globalization fracturing the common good.<BR/><BR/>For a series of reviews of The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman, see http://tapsearch.com/flatworld/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15555635879115959214noreply@blogger.com