The Caring Catalyst http://thecaringcatalyst.com Who Cares - What Matters Thu, 24 Oct 2019 21:24:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 52309807 Hell(?) NO(!) http://thecaringcatalyst.com/hell-no/ http://thecaringcatalyst.com/hell-no/#respond Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:00:58 +0000 http://thecaringcatalyst.com/?p=4186

I can’t ever remember a time when I didn’t
FEEL IT
but after nearly 40 years of being Ordained
I FEEL IT
more strongly now than ever before
and have a better way of
c o m m u n i c a t i n g
it than well over 40 plus years ago. . .

The most debatable question that I have ever had to answer at any of the four churches (FIVE if you include the three years I served my Student Church in Seminary) and now 25 years of being a Hospice Chaplain
is:

AM I WRONG TO THINK THAT JESUS
CAME LESS TO SCARE THE HELL OUT OF ME
AND MORE TO BRING HEAVEN
TO MY HELL. . . ?

I never could get my
h e a d
h e a r t
s o u l
around a God who loves me
u n c o n d i t i o n a l l y
who’s Son died for the sins of the world
being weaker/less
than my worst flaw and blatant wrongnesses. . .

My Caring Catalyst
s o u l
just can’t quite figure it all out
but it doesn’t
F E E L
right
THIS THEOLOGY of HELL
we’re bound
unless, until, except, if, but,
Y O U
should
better
ought-to
have-to. . .

Sometimes
The Well-Worn Prayer
F I N D S
and Prays for
U S

W a i t. . .
W h a t. . ?

Can it be
T H A T
s i m p l e
?

H E Y:
What would happen if we substituted whatever we call
GOD
MOHAMMED
ALLAH
BUDDHA
HIGHER POWER
ENERGY
SPIRIT
SUPREME BEING
O THOU WHO ART FOREVER

with the word:
L O V E. . .

Make Life or the Living of it
a little
d i f f e r e n t. . . .
(it really can)

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