a lot off people use a lot og time finding out who they are. You dont need to look anymore.You Are a child-care of God. You're job is to figure how to live uk this reality
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fredag den 28. maj 2010
It grows on you - short review of "The vertical Self"
The short description of Mark Sayers’s: The Vertical Self is that it is about finding value and worth not in comparing and judging others but in our relationship with God. This is accomplished by finding our "vertical self" (our value in God) instead of our "horizontal self" (value from others).
The book grew on me. In the beginning I was a little bit put off by the assumption that in the Good old days everything was better. The grass was greener and the sky more blue. And everyone got their values from God. I don't think this is a correct description of the society we find in Europe in the middle ages. If people didn't do the things we do today it was only because the society was oppressive.
The problem with the vertical and the horizontal self is as old as humanity and not something only the current human population strugles with. But maybe the problem is more visible today because our societies values the personal freedom more.
The strength of the book is its emphasis on the importance of spiritual transformation and virtue ethics. The purpose of the book is to put emphasis on transformation of character as the greatest church building model. The book’s discussion of whether a person receives their Life and worth from peers or from God reminded me a lot of another book I'm reading by Dallas Willard (Renovation of the heart)
It is worth reading.
The book grew on me. In the beginning I was a little bit put off by the assumption that in the Good old days everything was better. The grass was greener and the sky more blue. And everyone got their values from God. I don't think this is a correct description of the society we find in Europe in the middle ages. If people didn't do the things we do today it was only because the society was oppressive.
The problem with the vertical and the horizontal self is as old as humanity and not something only the current human population strugles with. But maybe the problem is more visible today because our societies values the personal freedom more.
The strength of the book is its emphasis on the importance of spiritual transformation and virtue ethics. The purpose of the book is to put emphasis on transformation of character as the greatest church building model. The book’s discussion of whether a person receives their Life and worth from peers or from God reminded me a lot of another book I'm reading by Dallas Willard (Renovation of the heart)
It is worth reading.
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