Friday, March 27, 2009

Letters to Marc about Jesus -"Secularize"Jesus

Henri Nouwen "Letters to Marc about Jesus - Living a Spiritual Life in a Material World"

In the course of writing, I have discovered for myself the great extent to which I am inclined to "secularize"Jesus. Instinctively, I look to Jesus for a cheap liberation, a solutiuon to my problems, help with my desire for success, getting even with my opponents, and a good measure of publicity (recognition).

I look to Jesus for freedom from the physical world, but not freedom to the Spiritual Life.

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