"There’s a part of me that will always feel at home in the PNW." This Midwest flatlander gives a hearty "aye!" Last two annual getaways to PNW have been life giving.
Helpful thoughts here on holiness and wholeness. The former is so familiar in my Christian lexicon that it's lost its power. The idea of perfection can be tainted for me with…
"There’s a part of me that will always feel at home in the PNW." This Midwest flatlander gives a hearty "aye!" Last two annual getaways to PNW have been life giving.
Helpful thoughts here on holiness and wholeness. The former is so familiar in my Christian lexicon that it's lost its power. The idea of perfection can be tainted for me with a strong inner critic voice. Wholeness (goodness, shalom and integrity come to mind) moves me toward Christ in whom all things hold together and where there is no division.
Jonathan, I like your extension of wholeness to goodness, shalom, and integrity as opposed to perfection. These seem to allow more space for healing toward and pursuit of wholeness. Sanctification, even.
On another note, where do you visit in the PNW (if I can ask)? I grew up in the Willamette Valley in Oregon.
"There’s a part of me that will always feel at home in the PNW." This Midwest flatlander gives a hearty "aye!" Last two annual getaways to PNW have been life giving.
Helpful thoughts here on holiness and wholeness. The former is so familiar in my Christian lexicon that it's lost its power. The idea of perfection can be tainted for me with a strong inner critic voice. Wholeness (goodness, shalom and integrity come to mind) moves me toward Christ in whom all things hold together and where there is no division.
Jonathan, I like your extension of wholeness to goodness, shalom, and integrity as opposed to perfection. These seem to allow more space for healing toward and pursuit of wholeness. Sanctification, even.
On another note, where do you visit in the PNW (if I can ask)? I grew up in the Willamette Valley in Oregon.