“I don’t believe in an interventionist God…”
…so sings Nick Cave. I don't believe in one either, although I regularly feel I'm regarded by the average churchgoer as a heretic for saying so. I believe in God, but not in a fix-it, Santa Claus God.
I'm happy to see that the Archbishop of Canterbury also believes "an interventionist God" to be an unchristian and unbiblical concept:
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Maggi has kept a blog since September 2003, writing about theology and faith, the arts and literature, and a little about life and random nonsense...
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Hi Maggi,
nice comments on ‘giving away’ – just one small point – anything you do on a small farm in Wales may not hit the headlines or youtube, but it will be HUGE news locally.
best wishes, Adrian Copping (Deanery of Bangor Isycoed, Wales)
Maggie:
I’m a lawyer on an another continent. I’m no model of financial management but I think all of us who have high ideals and generous instincts need to have the discipline (or need to have the discipline imposed) of ensuring that one recognizes, in addition to a duty to others, a duty to self, which — in itself– I suspect is a form of stewardship.
I am in no position to preach and I have no further wisdom to share.
But I think thoughts of caution bear special thought, particularly among those of us — not I –who are gifted creatively or spiritually.
I will leave it to some expert to say as to how this is done.
Adrian – (smiles) – Wales is my idea of a getaway… have had some lovely secluded holidays there! I’m a city girl at heart but I love to escape somewhere beautiful and remote every now and then.