I like to walk or tricycle to church and prayer group. I don't travel nearly as much as you or Juan on that journey though. BUT it is part of my changing my mind about how things are done around here.
Though I haven't had a car in more than a decade, I do remember what it was like to drive everywhere, and it's a different experience than walking. Even when I had my Jeep, I would rarely drive within town, because just about everything was within about a mile or slightly more, including the parish I used to attend. Didn't seem worth it to me to start the engine for such a short trip, unless I had to haul a lot of stuff.
But I also noticed that walking was ... different ... something about the physical activity, the tactile experience of steps on the ground, the slower rate of change in the landscape.
I tend to pray during walks. I don't carry mobile devices to stare at. It's me and my alertness of my surroundings and my thoughts; and God is in all of those.
To those who believe, no sign is necessary. To those who don't believe, no sign is sufficient.
The best proof for Christianity is that it exists. It survived its first 300 years under horrendous, if intermittent, persecution. A multitude of believers bore witness by opting for death over recantation. You have to wonder why.
The signs are there nonetheless. They are well-documented: the Shroud of Turin, the triumph at Lepanto, Fatima, the eucharistic miracles, and the tilma of Juan Diego.
Full disclosure: part of me would just as soon practice happy-go-lucky paganism. But there's no way around it. Christ is King.
> The best proof for Christianity is that it exists. It survived its first 300 years under horrendous, if intermittent, persecution. A multitude of believers bore witness by opting for death over recantation. You have to wonder why.
I was messaging a fellow writer this past week about the canonical Gospels being evidence that the Early Church was successful. The four books are written, in the form that survives to this day, between 35 and 70 years after Jesus' public ministry. Had Christianity failed at any time before nearly three generations had passed (70-ish years), then these books wouldn't have been written.
We do a lot of celebrating the Early Church here at #GoodNeighborBadCitizen 😇
I like to walk or tricycle to church and prayer group. I don't travel nearly as much as you or Juan on that journey though. BUT it is part of my changing my mind about how things are done around here.
Though I haven't had a car in more than a decade, I do remember what it was like to drive everywhere, and it's a different experience than walking. Even when I had my Jeep, I would rarely drive within town, because just about everything was within about a mile or slightly more, including the parish I used to attend. Didn't seem worth it to me to start the engine for such a short trip, unless I had to haul a lot of stuff.
But I also noticed that walking was ... different ... something about the physical activity, the tactile experience of steps on the ground, the slower rate of change in the landscape.
I tend to pray during walks. I don't carry mobile devices to stare at. It's me and my alertness of my surroundings and my thoughts; and God is in all of those.
To those who believe, no sign is necessary. To those who don't believe, no sign is sufficient.
The best proof for Christianity is that it exists. It survived its first 300 years under horrendous, if intermittent, persecution. A multitude of believers bore witness by opting for death over recantation. You have to wonder why.
The signs are there nonetheless. They are well-documented: the Shroud of Turin, the triumph at Lepanto, Fatima, the eucharistic miracles, and the tilma of Juan Diego.
Full disclosure: part of me would just as soon practice happy-go-lucky paganism. But there's no way around it. Christ is King.
Welcome to the 'Stack, Tony!
> The best proof for Christianity is that it exists. It survived its first 300 years under horrendous, if intermittent, persecution. A multitude of believers bore witness by opting for death over recantation. You have to wonder why.
I was messaging a fellow writer this past week about the canonical Gospels being evidence that the Early Church was successful. The four books are written, in the form that survives to this day, between 35 and 70 years after Jesus' public ministry. Had Christianity failed at any time before nearly three generations had passed (70-ish years), then these books wouldn't have been written.
We do a lot of celebrating the Early Church here at #GoodNeighborBadCitizen 😇