“What Every Man Thinks About Apart From Sex” by Sheridan Simove is a new book that is selling quite well. When you open the book, every page is blank apart from the front and back covers!
Personally, I think the author should have put at least a page about sports, a page about fishing, a page about hunting, and about a dozen half page about a few other subjects, like cars, music, movies, video games, dogs, and money.
Of course that would increase the size of the book by at least 15 or 20 pages, so perhaps it is best to leave it alone.
We joke about the differences between men and women because they're real.
The truth is that differences are what make all our marriages, families, friendships, and workplaces exciting and frustrating. Usually at the same time.
We are made for relationship. We crave healed and whole relationships. But Genesis tells us the trinity of relationships is damaged: human with God, human with human, and human with the planet.
A few days ago I quoted from the Book of Common Prayer Rite one communion service.
"...grant that.....we....may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion." 1979 Book of Common Prayer, pg. 335
I submit that the remission of sins is the starting point in healing our relationship with God.
But another benefit of Jesus passion is the healing of relationship between us and others. He puts us in communities where we get to practice charity and forgiveness over and over. We call this the Church.
If we stick with it we discover that there are some times we even want to forgive “those who trespass against us.”
May we obtain all other benefits of his passion. Amen.
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