clutter

I'm a great fan of Eugene Peterson. He's the one whose translation of the Bible goes under the title 'The Message'.

This morning I came across this again in one of his books. It's a timely challenge to much of the way our lives are lived.

We cultivate the resurrection life not by adding something to our lives but by denouncing the frenetic ego life, clearing out the cultural and religious clutter, turning our backs on what we commonly summarise as "the world, the flesh, and the Devil."

Our lives are too busy and our schedules are too busy and our churches, which are supposed to be our allies in this business, are far, far too busy.

Those who go in for 'New Year resolutions' might find some useful raw material there on which to get to work!