So as we were singing in chapel this morning ("I Surrender All"), I was struck by a thought.
The song is sung from the individual perspective--"I". But what about a community, a church--a body of believers? How often does a "body" surrender all to God--with everyone's participation in prayers?
I was thinking specifically about our school. Is the surrender something more subtle than I catch? Is that what communion is about at the beginning? or maybe what convocation should be? I'm not sure.
As I sit here, (should be working) I consider where in the Bible I might find answers and I remember something about Paul's letters, and how often he uses "you" to encompass an entire church. I think of one of my favorite passages, Phillipians 2:11-18 and Ephesians. I'll have to try and study this one out some more.
It just seems to me that a community's relationship with God probably works along the same lines as an individual's relationship with God and so I wonder how far the parallels extend...and more importantly, what things in a relationship with God as a community do we miss on because we focus more on individuals or other things?
Posted by Anna at September 8, 2004 02:05 PM | TrackBackI always enjoy your thoughtful posts!
Posted by: Julie at September 13, 2004 09:24 PMThanks. It's funny how I have more thoughtful posts when school is in session....
at least it seems that way. Maybe it's my high "existential" or "intrapersonal" intelligence. (Guess what we have been learning about in this semester's education class...yet again, for the fourth semester in a row (theory not class))
Posted by: banana at September 13, 2004 11:57 PM