One of your best, BP Todd. You have been a thoughtful, compassioate, loving leader of C4SO. I am going to miss you but wish you a blessed, fun, lively, peaceful retirement.
Thank you, Bishop Todd, for this enlivening post. You wrote, "Resurrection Life is not just the final, decisive word against death; it is the pivotal, generative word on living. A significant paradox is at play here: Resurrection Life begins with following Jesus into death—death to our old self."
I used to see this as entirely negative and attempted erasure or suppression of self. But when I was unaware of myself, I could not see the ways I needed to say "no" to myself and become FREE, as you said. I love gaining greater self-control and a clear conscience.
One of your best, BP Todd. You have been a thoughtful, compassioate, loving leader of C4SO. I am going to miss you but wish you a blessed, fun, lively, peaceful retirement.
Thank you, Mark! I enjoy serving our little Substack community!
Thank you so much--My bad! We will fix it
Lucy Shaw spells her name Luci. Please correct so others can find her work.
Hey Megs! Great to see you on here!!
Wow Karen. Same here. I appreciate this guy.
Thank you, Bishop Todd, for this enlivening post. You wrote, "Resurrection Life is not just the final, decisive word against death; it is the pivotal, generative word on living. A significant paradox is at play here: Resurrection Life begins with following Jesus into death—death to our old self."
I used to see this as entirely negative and attempted erasure or suppression of self. But when I was unaware of myself, I could not see the ways I needed to say "no" to myself and become FREE, as you said. I love gaining greater self-control and a clear conscience.