I found my hat and all is well

I found my hat and all is well December 20. 2004

The employee Christmas party was this past Friday and it was a blast. What other place than Rensselaer, IN could you get krunked, get hit-on by a divorcee (all night), cut-in on the dean of students, get propositioned for a threesome in a residence for priests (by a friend's date), have five people (including me) get told to leave a room through body language (read: starting to having sex), and steal someone's bottle of Jack to end the night (sorry Phil, I'll give it back. I didn't drink any of it).

All that aside, other than the usual weekend stuff I have really been pondering the "bible question" I talked about recently. I really do think the bible is not the meat of someone's life with God but rather the salt to make the meal taste better. Personal/Community experience with the divine I would say would be the heart of the matter (and watch this I'm going to use the bible to support my conviction, is that a paradox?). Reading Acts 10 I am more and more convinced that the "written law" is no law at all. The bible that binds us should rather be the words that free us in love to discover how God is encountering us where we stand with our community.

How do you see the bible? Friend or Foe? Divinely Inspired Pure Words of God or Divinely Inspired Reflections of God Encountered? Something imbetween?

David Monday, December 20. 2004 @ 09:33
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Good to hear that you're in agreement with the Catholic stance on the role of the bible in one's faith life.

#1 Justin (Homepage) on 2004-12-20 10:50 (Reply)

Now all the Catholic Teaching needs to be in agreement with me is to place the same standard on "Tradition with a capital T" God encounters us in different locations and times in history as well as in our own lives.

#1.1 David (Homepage) on 2004-12-20 11:01 (Reply)

First, for the party, sounds like one Hell of a time!

As for the Bible, I've long been of the mindset that the Bible is man's interpretation of divine inspiration. There are ultimate truths contained within it, but our interpretation is inherently flawed. So I suppose that is in the "inbetween" category.

#2 David M (Homepage) on 2004-12-20 14:50 (Reply)

Can I say that this is the last SJC Christmas party I'll be attending? Man...that was ridiculous.

And Dave, don't worry...you can keep the Jack. You looked like you needed it more than I....

#3 Phil on 2004-12-20 14:57 (Reply)

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