@smerconish Diet and excercise! They walk everywhere and all the time. They are market shoppers too… daily stops for fresh foods, less preservative laden junk. It’s the culture!
The extravagant variety in creation is an expression of God's lavish generosity. For example, think of the variety of colors in creation—and not only of colors but of shades. God could just as easily have created a simpler, more spartan and economical world, but he preferred to create a theater of abundance, beauty, and difference—sheer extravagance and liberality. There is no room in this view for fatalism.
Salt and light—not habanero sauce and flame throwers; not artificial sweeteners and window dressing; not an angry political party, but as a robust Gospel-party. Jesus, bring your redemptive presence, kingdom kindness, and heavenly humility through us.
When the Church wounds the world in a misguided effort to defend itself and Jesus, it reduces the capacity of people to hear the Gospel. Judas sought to destroy the mission of Jesus through his betrayal. Peter sought to defend the mission of Jesus through violence.