was greatly encouraged by it, also because it touches on a core aspect
of Benedictine spirituality which I seek to follow - discovering ones
true self through loving commitment to Christ and allowing Him to
fulfill us in our true destiny.
I thought you might be encouraged by it as I have been. I have only
quoted the start, but if you want to carry on, follow the link I have
included. I think you will probably find it encouraging.
You can go to the complete text at http://tinyurl.com/34uxccb
or download an MP3 of the sermon from http://tinyurl.com/398qqwx
Have a good week
Alan
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From "Committed to Hope" By Tony Campolo - Preached 16 May 1010
At Eastern University where I teach, I can count on this happening every
May. Some student will come in and say, "Well, Doc, I'm not coming back
next semester."
I try to be professional and say, "Pray tell? Why?"
You can count on what he's going to say. "I need time." And I'm thinking
to myself, he hasn't done anything for the last three months. He's going
to say it with great emphasis, "I need time Doc. I need time to..." You
know what he's going to say. "I need time to...find myself." And they
all look in the same place, Boulder, Colorado. Then it becomes quite
intense. "Doc, what I'm trying to tell you is I need time to peel away
each of these socially prescribed identities, these personas that
society has pressured me into accepting for myself. I'm tired of being
the me that my family expects me to be, that the church expects me to
be, that you expect me to be, that my friends expect me to be. I've got
to peel away each of these socially generated identities and come to
grips with the core of my being, the essence of my selfhood." Kind of
makes you puke, doesn't it?
I always say, "Charlie, suppose after you peel away each of these
socially prescribed identities, after you peel away each of these
socially generated cells, and take that long guru trip into the
innermost recesses of your being, and when you get there, what if you
discover hi-ho, nobody's home."......
Read the rest at http://tinyurl.com/34uxccb
You can also download an MP3 of the sermon from
http://tinyurl.com/398qqwx
