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]]> http://ceruleansanctum.com/2009/01/on-pondering.html#comment-43270 Kat Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:22:06 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=1108#comment-43270 Our "Now" culture has lost the ability to reflect and respond. Instead, we react. I am reminded of the Pacific NW tribal people whose elders based community decisions on the way the outcome would affect the generations to come. We are so short-sighted as individuals and as communities. I wonder if some of the short-sightedness of the Church might not stem from the belief in the imminent return of Christ. Have we been conditioned to do it all now (and at any cost) because the days may be short? Perhaps that mindset has continued to afflict the Church even when it is no longer looking for Christ to return at all. Our “Now” culture has lost the ability to reflect and respond. Instead, we react. I am reminded of the Pacific NW tribal people whose elders based community decisions on the way the outcome would affect the generations to come. We are so short-sighted as individuals and as communities. I wonder if some of the short-sightedness of the Church might not stem from the belief in the imminent return of Christ. Have we been conditioned to do it all now (and at any cost) because the days may be short? Perhaps that mindset has continued to afflict the Church even when it is no longer looking for Christ to return at all.

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