CPI-Giving them a Place to grow! In Zwedru, Liberia, About 300 miles from Monrovia.

Christ Plays in 10.000 Places

A Propaedeutic for faith-learning integration suggests that there is a sense by which all of life is a sacrament, providing a variety of contexts for expressing an inner reality that God is to be glorified in all things. Eugene Peterson provides a useful metaphor for working out all the details of what is involved in Christian living. Stated simply, Christ plays in 10.000 places. Peterson's metaphor is taken from a sonnet by the Christian poet and priest, Gerard Hopkins.

As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;

As tumbled over rim in roundy wells

Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell's

Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;

Each mortal things does one thing and the same;

Deals out that being indoors each one dwells,

Crying what I do is me: for that I came

I say more: the just man justices;

Keeps grace: the keeps all his goings graces;

Acts in God's eye what in God's eye he is-

Christ. For Christ plays in ten thousand places.

Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his

To the Father through the features of men's faces.

Peterson explains that the conviction expressed in this sonnet is that Christ is behind and in all of life. He writes:

The message is that all this life, this kingfisher-drangonfly-aflame life, this trumbled stone and harp string and bell-sounding life, gets played out in us, in our limbs and eyes, in our feet and speech, in the faces of the men and women we see all day long, everyday, in the mirror and on the sidewalk, in classroom and kitchen, in workplaces and on playgrounds, in sanctuaries and commitees. . . . Which is to say that all life is, or can be worhip. Peterson is advocating a life of congruence. The Christian life is the lifelong practice of attending to the details of congruence-congruence between ends and means congruence between what we do and the way we do it. The Christian life lived, lived with this sense of congruence between who Christ is and who I am; lived at this busy, heavily trafficked North America intersection with the kingdom of God; Christ playing in my limbs and eyes.

Please try reading Peterson's book on the topic "Christ Plays in Thousand Places."

Letting the women know that they are part of God's plan of salvation and the vision of CPI. We were discussing the role of women in the church and post war Liberia. Phil 3:7-16

The Affirmation concerning our Faith-Schaeffer

1. Do you believe that God exists and that he is a personal God, and that Jesus Christ is God-remembering that we are not talking of the Word or Idea of god, but of the infinite personal God who is There?

2. Do you aknowledge that you are guilty/shame-in the presence of this God-remembering that we are not talking about guilt feeling/saving face, but true moral erosion and depravity of the human heart?

3. Do you believe that Jesus Christ died in space, and time, in history, on the cross, and that when he died his substitutional work of bearing God's punishment against sin was fully accomplished and complete?

4. On the basis of God's promises in his written communication to us, the Bible, do you (or haveyou) cast yourself on this Christ as your personal Savior not trusting in anything you yourself ever done or ever will do?

After accepting Christ there are four things we must do as new believers:

1. A regular study of the Bible, which is God's communication to us.

2. Regular prayer. Now that our guilt has been removed, there is no barrier between us and God and we are able to talk freely with him. There are two kinds of praying we shall need to practice: special times of prayer, and the the constant looking to the Lord as we go about our daily tasks.

3. Regular attendence at a local church where the Bible is believed. This does not mean every church, but one that is true to the content of the Bible, and one which does not just recite the right words, but where there is a living of the truth in community and compassion to those in the church and to those outside of it. (for an excellent read, please see Francis Schaeffer's book "The God Who is There.)"

These are the men who made it possible for a modern library in the capital city of Monrovia. We're grateful to them, their wives, and kids for letting them be part of this vision of rebuilding the lives of the people of Liberia through:

1. Spiritual Awaking

2. Health

3. Ethics

4. Education

5. Poverty.

We will be leaving for Liberia again in June through July to shelf the books and make the library usabale for the people of Liberia. Thanks for praying and giving financially. Tony for CPIF.