Kierkegaard: in the midst of life

Tuesday, August 10, 2010
    Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258
Meditation:
    For in just a very little while, ”He who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him.“ But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.
    —Hebrews 10:37-39 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Sermons should not be preached in churches. It harms Christianity in a high degree and alters its very nature, that it is brought into an artistic remoteness from reality, instead of being heard in the midst of real life, and that precisely for the sake of the conflict (the collision). For all this talk about quiet, about quiet places and quiet hours, as the right element for Christianity is absurd.
    So then sermons should not be preached in churches but in the midst of life, of the reality of daily life, weekday life.
    ... Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), quoted in Kierkegaard’s Attack upon “Christendom,” 1854-1855, tr., Walter Lowrie, Princeton University Press, 1968, p. 2 (see the book)
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You have promised to give us the words to speak at the right time. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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