http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/07/11/creating-room-for-imagination-to-breathe-in-the-church/ let's activate something Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:59:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/07/11/creating-room-for-imagination-to-breathe-in-the-church/#comment-4113 Dave Bergen Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:55:08 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/07/11/creating-room-for-imagination-to-breathe-in-the-church/#comment-4113 Hinke posits the metaphor of creating 'breathing space' so the Spirit (Hebrew: ruach--breath) can move freely. In fact this strikes me as the challenge to meaningful connection and encounter with God in all of life. The commitment to faithfulness will always involve moving stuff (read 'our own stuff') out of the way so the breath of God has room to move and blow us in directions we would never conceive on our own. Hinke posits the metaphor of creating ‘breathing space’ so the Spirit (Hebrew: ruach–breath) can move freely. In fact this strikes me as the challenge to meaningful connection and encounter with God in all of life. The commitment to faithfulness will always involve moving stuff (read ‘our own stuff’) out of the way so the breath of God has room to move and blow us in directions we would never conceive on our own.

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