You will find the small group "weekly" on the web here. As we meet, reflect on Sunday's commissioning - what it means as individuals, as a small group and as a corporate community at TILT.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
The Desert Fathers | Abba Achilles Story
On Sunday night, we used the stories of the Desert Fathers as part of our intentional time of silence and listening. We have done this once before and you can go to the last time we read them. There is also a document which explains the historical practice of reading these stores in monasteries. Here is the story:
Three old men, one of whom had a bad reputation, came one day to Abba Achilles.
The first old man asked him, "Father, make me a fishing net."
"I will not make you one," Abba replied.
Then the second said, "Of your charity make one, so that we have a souvenir of you in the monastery."
But Abba Achilles said, "I do not have time."
Then the third one, who had the bad reputation, said, "Make me a fishing net, Father."
Abba Achilles answered him at once, "For you, I will make one."
Then the two other old men asked him privately, "Why did you not want to do what we asked you, but you promised to do what he asked?"
Abba Achilles gave them this answer: "I told you I would not make one, and you were not disappointed, since you thought that I had no time. But if I had not made one for him, he would have said, 'The old man has heard about my sin, and that is why he does not want to make me anything,' and so our relationship would have broken down. But now I have cheered his soul, so that he will not be overcome with grief."
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Poverty
The Toronto Star has a great resource for information about those who go without in our city and in our country. The page "War on Poverty" is here.
What do you think of the recently released budget? Why do all budgets seem to target the middle-class? Should we, as followers of Christ, support that kind of budget? Here is one opinion. If you think the budget should be focusing more on helping those in real, desperate need, write your MP. You can find your MP on this site, with contact details included.
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