Comments on: Vending Machine God redux http://www.therenaissancechristian.com/2010/01/vending-machine-god-redux/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vending-machine-god-redux Exploring the Spirituality of Everything Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mandy http://www.therenaissancechristian.com/2010/01/vending-machine-god-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Mandy Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:41:10 +0000 http://www.charliedean2.com/?p=511#comment-402 It's interesting to me that they are starting to offer classes and even a degree in "Spiritual Formation" at Christian colleges. I love it, but how did transformation and discipleship become relegated to a particular field of study? As for the idea of thirst, it's interesting that they serve peanuts, popcorn and pretzels in places that encourage buying beverages...and that our bodies are built to feel pain when they need food...these might have something to do with our recognition of the need for thirst in our lives to motivate us to seek out the things we need most. Food tastes good, quenching thirst feels amazing, that kind of thing. If our physical experiences are meant to lead us to metaphysical truth, it would seem we could learn a bit about healthy spiritual existence from the ideas of hunger and thirst. Maybe the disciplines are the salt that leads us to seek out a drink.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('402','Mandy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('402','Mandy','It\'s interesting to me that they are starting to offer classes and even a degree in \"Spiritual Formation\" at Christian colleges. I love it, but how did transformation and discipleship become relegated to a particular field of study?\r\n\r\nAs for the idea of thirst, it\'s interesting that they serve peanuts, popcorn and pretzels in places that encourage buying beverages...and that our bodies are built to feel pain when they need food...these might have something to do with our recognition of the need for thirst in our lives to motivate us to seek out the things we need most. Food tastes good, quenching thirst feels amazing, that kind of thing. If our physical experiences are meant to lead us to metaphysical truth, it would seem we could learn a bit about healthy spiritual existence from the ideas of hunger and thirst. Maybe the disciplines are the salt that leads us to seek out a drink.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It’s interesting to me that they are starting to offer classes and even a degree in “Spiritual Formation” at Christian colleges. I love it, but how did transformation and discipleship become relegated to a particular field of study?

As for the idea of thirst, it’s interesting that they serve peanuts, popcorn and pretzels in places that encourage buying beverages…and that our bodies are built to feel pain when they need food…these might have something to do with our recognition of the need for thirst in our lives to motivate us to seek out the things we need most. Food tastes good, quenching thirst feels amazing, that kind of thing. If our physical experiences are meant to lead us to metaphysical truth, it would seem we could learn a bit about healthy spiritual existence from the ideas of hunger and thirst. Maybe the disciplines are the salt that leads us to seek out a drink.

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]]> By: Mitchell http://www.therenaissancechristian.com/2010/01/vending-machine-god-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Mitchell Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:51:03 +0000 http://www.charliedean2.com/?p=511#comment-400 For quite a long time I've been trying to completely avoid christian terminology. I find I can use a lot of important sounding words and sound smart, but not actually say anything coherent (mainly because even I don't know what I'm trying to say). what do your questions look like if you replace the phrases "spiritual disciplines" "thirst for god" "idolatry" "experience of god" with actual words?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('400','Mitchell'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('400','Mitchell','For quite a long time I\'ve been trying to completely avoid christian terminology. I find I can use a lot of important sounding words and sound smart, but not actually say anything coherent (mainly because even I don\'t know what I\'m trying to say).\r\n\r\nwhat do your questions look like if you replace the phrases \"spiritual disciplines\" \"thirst for god\" \"idolatry\" \"experience of god\" with actual words?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> For quite a long time I’ve been trying to completely avoid christian terminology. I find I can use a lot of important sounding words and sound smart, but not actually say anything coherent (mainly because even I don’t know what I’m trying to say).

what do your questions look like if you replace the phrases “spiritual disciplines” “thirst for god” “idolatry” “experience of god” with actual words?

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