Out of interest, Eugene Peterson, a "Professor of Spiritual Theology" at Regent College in Vancouver, has translated the New Testament into "contemporary language". Here are a few of the rewritten beatitudes:
- You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you, there is more of God and his rule
- You're blessed when you feel you've lost that which is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the one that should be most dear to you
- You're blessed when you're content with just who you are. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought.
- You're blessed when you've worked up a good appetite for God. He's food and drink in the best meal you'll ever eat.
- You're blessed when you care. At the moment of being "care-full", you'll find yourselves cared for. You're blessed when you get your inside world - your mind and heart - put right. Then you can see God in the outside world
I guess your 2,500 mile trip is not so onerous being a colonial? Is it true what they say? .. "The difference between an Englishman and an American: One thinks that 100 miles is a long way and the other thinks that 100 years is a long time"
No song: kids are in residence.
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