Christ Has No Body

Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are his body.
Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
Teresa of Avila (1515–1582)

Forgiveness

is it possible to ask God for other people's forgiveness? Jesus did it on the cross, and stephen did it just before the mob killed him in acts. what would be the ramifications of this? does God answer this prayer, or is it something that we can just pray and let him do with it what he wants?

I finished Donald Miller's Blue Like Jazz this weekend, and I highly recommend it. In it Miller relates the story of a lecture he attended on language, specifically metaphors. The speaker asked the audience to describe the language we use when talking about friends and loved ones. Terms like "value" and "appreciate" were mentioned: the language of economy and business. If how we speak about something reveals the way we think about and engage with it, what does this say about how we think about and treat other people? Miller makes a bold, but I think valid, point about the difference between his time living with "hippies" and all the time he's spent with Chirstians: the hippies loved people unconditionally. It didn't matter how you dressed, or where you came from, you were loved. Many Christians, on the other hand, use love like currency; if you're worthy of it (follow along with what we think) you will get it, otherwise, watch out.

Is there anything to Miller's arguments?

Please Pray

ok, so kimberly would like some major prayer. she is feeling completely inadequate in her job, and because of this, obviously, not very confident either. thanks.