Jesus In Blue Jeans
(Laurie Beth Jones)
Laurie Beth Jones, through her ?Jesus in Blue Jeans: A Practical Guide to Everyday Spirituality? offers us insights into how that marvelous person of Jesus can be a guy next door and how his grammar of life can enrich ours. You don?t necessarily have to be a christian to appreciate his principles of life identified by Jones: In fact, you can very well remain what you are as far as your external identities go, yet deeply imbibe the life principles Jesus practiced in his everyday spirituality.
There are four qualities which became the pillars of practical spirituality for Jesus ? poise, perspective, passion and power. Poise refers to the state of balance or equilibrium of the mind, which facilitated a right and uncluttered perspective in life, which in turn, provided him with a passion for a mission in life. And the rightly ordered passion had the backing of the power which emanated from a wellspring of love and compassion. The poise was evident in the way Jesus groomed himself, hummed, trusted his instincts, learned the power of release, and the like. He had larger perspective, made a covenant with the present, kept a grateful remembrance of events and people, kept the sense of the sacred in everything around him. His passion led him to have thunder in his hooves, practice his highest gift, log on to his destiny and pour out his fragrance. And with his power, he created openings and atmosphere, interrupted familiar patterns in people and society, gave the gift of his presence, and threw his light forward.
Indeed, the book is a powerhouse of short reflections that can fill us with the realization that we can breathe in and out deep spirituality in our ordinary daily living, if we are willing. If we are willing ? and that is a big proviso!
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