Last month I wrote an article on Trust in Relationships for Cafe - the online magazine of the women of the ELCA. Read it here.Someone thought I'd stolen the idea for the article from Max Lucado. I didn't. I've never read Max Lucado. But yesterday I chanced past a Christian Bookstore and saw a book of his with a cover picture of a boy jumping into water. I wrote about jumping into the water. I can see why someone would think I'd stolen his idea.
I don't plagiarize, but I am influenced by what people write. My sermons these next two weeks will probably draw on the Augustine quote used at the beginning of this month's article in Cafe, a piece called "Hope's Daughters" by Erik Christensen. His article calls us to consider anew just what it is we're angry about in this time of hope.
“Hope has two beautiful daughters,” writes Augustine of Hippo. “Their names are Anger and Courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are.”
The quote speaks to me at a time in life where I sense the world is boiling over with anger but lacking in courage. I was together with 3 friends the other day and we all confessed to feelings of deep anger that sometimes took us by surprise.
I'd never thought of anger and courage as related to one another, and certainly not to hope. Something to think about...
Peace - Pr Sarah
First of all I am so happy to see you writing again with some frequency. As for this particular entry and the ELCA article, be encouraged by the notion that the person who questioned your originality is at least still reading and hopefully learning about the topic itself.
ReplyDeleteI have forwarded this entry to several folks who I believe are standing at the edge of their own pool - toes curled tightly around the edge (which by the way is called "coping" - now that's ironic)
Please keep your eyes on the Lord and your fingers on the keyboard.