Christ Plays in 10,000 Places

I've begun a new book by Eugene Peterson called Christ Plays in 10,000 Places. It is the first in a series of 3 he has written about spirituality and spiritual direction. Here are a few quotes to ponder for today...

"You would think that believing that Jesus is God among us would be the hardest thing. It is not. It turns out that the hardest thing is to believe that God's work--this dazzling creation, this astonishing salvation, this cascade of blessings--is all being worked out in an under the conditions of our humanity: at picnics and around dinner tables, in conversations and while walking along roads, in puzzled questions and homely stories, with blind beggars and suppurating lepers, at weddings and funerals."

"Jesus keeps our feet on the ground, attentive to children, in conversation with ordinary people, sharing meals with friends and strangers, listening to the wind, observing the wildflowers, touching the sick and wounded, praying simply and un-selfconsciously. Jesus insists that we deal with God right here and now, in the place we find ourselves and with the people we are with. Jesus is God here and now."

"Every expression of spirituality, left to itself, tends toward being more about me and less about God. Spiritual theology counters by giving witness to the living God, using the largest and most comprehensive and involving terms possible. Trinity provides these terms, a theological language that enables us to maintain our Christian identity in God's image rather than what we see in our mirrors each morning"

Maybe these comments seem misplaced without the context--get a copy and read with me!