Overcoming isolation within the self
trust in the hidden and guaranteed identity with Christ in God (Col. 3.3) makes possible the self-abandonment, the road into non-identity and unidentifiability, which neither clings to ancient forms of identity, nor anxiously reaches out for the forms of identity of those one is fighting in common.
Jurgen Moltmann • The Crucified God: 40th Anniversary Edition
THINK—What went through your mind as you read this chapter? REFLECT—What parts of my story could you identify with? What aspects of your story are difficult? UNDERSTAND—When was the last time you thought seriously about the question “Who am I?” What part of answering this question makes you uncomfortable? Excited? Afraid? SURRENDER—Ask God to help
... See moreChip Ingram • True Spirituality
Jesus (a good person) still had to die for the Christ (the universal presence) to arise. It is the pattern of transformation . . . What has to die is not usually bad; in fact, it will often feel good and necessary.2
Can you see the necessity of healthy and mature religion? Why else would you take the jump from a safe, comfortable sense of self into
... See morethe only way forward and through, would be to die to who I had thought Christ was, die to what I thought it meant to be Christian, and actually begin to figure out what it means to me.
Meggan Watterson • Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet
The very first step is to try to forget about the self altogether. Your real, new self (which is Christ’s and also yours, and yours just because it is His) will not come as long as you are looking for it. It will come when you are looking for Him. Does that sound strange? The same principle holds, you know, for more everyday matters. Even in social
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