Thanks to John Adams for passing along a deep, relevant word from Ilia Delio. Here’s a brief excerpt:
... I attended a daily liturgy and the elderly priest spoke in no uncertain terms: “God is in control.” I thought to myself, these words, innocently and fervently spoken, are more dangerous than lethal weapons. They create the illusion that passivity is acceptable because God will take care of everything. By doing so, we allow the wildness of the world to lash out in its hunger for wholeness.
There are two ideas I want to share ….First, we need a God revolution, a total and complete theological upgrade, including God’s relation to the world, salvation, and the life we hope for. Second, unless we begin to understand the relationship between God and technology, we will miss the jet plane zipping into the future. Religious people continue to use old language and old paradigms to try to make sense of the world—and it is not working. A God who is increasingly out of touch with the world is a God who is quickly dismissed from the world. Without understanding the meaning of God in relation to the whole, we cannot adequately relate to a God who is for the world in all its messiness.
Today’s quote and image are from “The World Will Change by Creating a New One,” by Ilia Delio, New Creation Magazine, November 8, 2023. (New Creation is an online publication by the Center for Christogenesis.)
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