Do you have a structural relationship with God?
Oct 27 Posted by Daniel José Camacho In the spirit of Upworthy/Humans-esqe hagiography: Two street evangelists sat next to each other on the subway. One asked: “Excuse me, do you have a personal relationship with God?” The other responded: “Let me ask you : do you have a structural relationship with God? Have you accepted Jesus Christ into your neighborhood as your stranger, as the one who is hungry, sick, and imprisoned? 1 If not, it’s never too late because God has a wonderful plan for this world. 2 Many people today have a personal relationship or spirituality with God but lack religion. 3 Faith ends up being an emotional concert or theoretical equation that does little to change the concrete circumstances of the orphans and widows who are distressed around us. Seeking personal prosperity or productivity/stress-relief via some form of mediation, many personal-relationships-with-God fall neatly into the patterns of our world’s consumption. In Ame...