six feet under

My prayer life has suffered tremendously these 6 months, along with anything christian. Blank at cell group, blank at church.

I just returned from Taiwan, beautiful scenery, beautiful people. Mr XXX discussed a topic on mental models that different people, and the the mental models that organizations try to impose. He was sort of a dead christian as I call it, because he called himself one but hasnt been praying for years. He said, God is a mental model that Rome tried to create to unify the people donkey years back, till just after Caesar's reign. Caesar dead, Rome is at risk of losing its power. Thats why the vatican was created, they put the words in the bible, left the bad parts out. Tweak the story a little, and voila, you get a bible. The bible did not come from God, human hands wrote it.

It was an interesting discussion, though the "God" mental model only formed part of it. The conclusion to that particular mental model was that people have faith, and faith, is blind. That was his conclusion however, not mine. God is real to me. My personal experience tells me so. Thats the only thing that burns away all that factual discussion about the mental model thingy. That unique experience with God.

I read the book "Brother Andrew" during my time in Taiwan, and I finished it, surprisingly. It's a very inspiring book, and I'm willing to try what he did. Hopefully, I get to blog the results. It sure is, exciting.