August 30, 2025

Posted byjimwdollarPosted in06/25/2020
Sunset Mirror — Price Lake, Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Throwing theology away clears the way for knowing what is called for in each situation as it arises without bothering to try to control matters to suit ourselves.

The is no God to help us get what we want. There is only seeing, hearing, knowing what's what and what is happening and what needs to be done about it, in response to it, in each situation as it arises. Not so that God will be happy with us, but so that we might align ourselves with what needs to be done and do it when, where and how it needs to be done throughout the day every day.

We live in the service of what matters most here, now--doing what needs to be done in light of what matters most here, now. No matter what.

We step into each day, responsive to the needs/requirements of the day, looking to serve the day with the gifts we are born with--doing what we do best and enjoy doing most for the good of all things considered. Getting, having, acquiring, amassing, possessing, owning, consuming giving way to knowing, doing, being at one with what is called for here, now each day.

Published by jimwdollar

I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing. I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.

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