We who are becoming...
We are a small band of people who have come to realize that the starting point for the journey is anywhere you are, but with noting you have.
It’s giving up everything. Losing the façade of self-ability. Exchanging our false, safe god – who interestingly, requires only what we are ready to give – for the real one. And this God – in a beautiful paradox – strictly requires everything, but magnanimously gives back even more.
At least that has been our experience. Perhaps it is like that for all who truly wish to make the journey.
Why Talk in terms of "Becoming"?
If the title of the site sounds familiar, there is a reason for that. It comes straight from Dallas Willard.
In his lovely little tome on how to live in Jesus’ Kingdom, The Divine Conspiracy, he offers a hopeful message to those suffering from a life that seems lackluster, meaningless, or even ruined. On page eleven he says,
“…we have to act. The rocket of our life is off the pad. Action is forever.
We are becoming who we will be– forever.”
“…in the gloom a light glimmers and glows. We have received an invitation.
We are invited to make a pilgrimage- into the heart and life of God.”
Why Write about it?
So this site is a bunch of stuff about us, and Jesus, and who we will become as we live in His Kingdom. Here and now. And then and forever.
We find that this is best done in the community of prayerful love. (Willard again.)
Feel free to join the conversation. We’d love to hear from you.
Don't buy it?
Wait ... What!?
We should clarify a point here.
When we talk about becoming who we will be, we are not resigning ourselves to a fated, que sera sera, "I am what I am," circular sort of silliness.
We are simply speaking - a bit poetically perhaps - about the fact that we are meaningful, linear, and everlasting beings. What we are now (what we do, what is done to us, what we witness) puts us on a path. That path has no end because we will never cease to be.
So, our actions and choices now - on this side of death - have immense meaning and significance. They change us more - or less - into the kind of person we would want to be if we went on forever. More importantly, they change us more - or less - into the kind of person that God wants us to be, specifically because we do go on forever.
And he has given us a frightening amount of input into who we will become.
So, the point of Becoming Who We Will Be is - categorically - not to passively accept some sort of fated inevitability (which is all too often a form of laziness or perhaps fear). Rather it is to intentionally bring to our conscious mind the fact that we are on a path, and what we do now has an immense impact - for better or for worse - on who we are and will continue to be.
We are now, in our daily lives, becoming who we will be - forever.
Becoming's logo
C.S. Lewis is a staple around here.
Few men have had so much paradigm-shifting, life-altering, awe-inspiring prose flow from their minds and onto paper, with so little apparent effort. His are works that everyone should read. (And yes, novels are included.)
In one of his books, Mere Christianity, Lewis talks about how Christian transformation (from the old to the new man, a la Paul) can be likened to a tin soldier being turned real. The imagery here immediately brings to mind the words of Ezekiel or Jeremiah, as they speak of a time when the hearts of God's people will be turned from stone into flesh.
This is beautiful and evocative language. On page 189 he says:
"The real Son of God is ... beginning to turn the tin soldier into a live man. The part of you that does not like it, is the part that is still tin."
This imagery speaks volumes to who we are, here at Becoming. God has gripped us, and Jesus and his Spirit are at work in our lives. It is beautiful, painful, and glorious. But it is not done; the process still continues and will continue forever. (Or certainly, this side of eternity, whatever the case.)
We are tin people, being made real.
And so we co-opted that idea of a tin soldier from Lewis and the heart of flesh from the prophets. We used a WWI soldier as our inspiration, which seemed like a fitting tribute to Lewis himself.
The logo simply speaks to the need to remember who we were on our own, who we really are (because of Jesus), and who we are becoming. It also serves as a reminder that while his grace and kindness are boundless - we can testify to that - there is still plenty of tin and stone.
Our transformation must continue.
A friendly admission
We are very imperfectly, but equally un-apologetically, trying to follow the beautiful, triune, creator being, self-revealed as Yahweh, made perfectly visible in the person of Jesus, whose life is available to all through his Spirit. Anyone is welcome to disagree with us on that. But everything on this site presupposes his existence, power, kindness, etc.
If you find yourself in a kerfuffle, well, we do admit we’re still a mess of imperfections.
We who are becoming...
We are a small band of people who have come to realize that the starting point for the journey is anywhere you are, but with noting you have.
It’s giving up everything. Losing the façade of self-ability. Exchanging our false, safe god – who interestingly, requires only what we are ready to give – for the real one. And this God – in a beautiful paradox – strictly requires everything, but magnanimously gives back even more.
At least that has been our experience. Perhaps it is like that for all who truly wish to make the journey.
Why Talk in terms of "Becoming"?
If the title of the site sounds familiar, there is a reason for that. It comes straight from Dallas Willard.
In his lovely little tome on how to live in Jesus’ Kingdom, The Divine Conspiracy, he offers a hopeful message to those suffering from a life that seems lackluster, meaningless, or even ruined. On page eleven he says,
“…we have to act. The rocket of our life is off the pad. Action is forever.
We are becoming who we will be– forever.”
“…in the gloom a light glimmers and glows. We have received an invitation.
We are invited to make a pilgrimage- into the heart and life of God.”
Why Write about it?
So this site is a bunch of stuff about us, and Jesus, and who we will become as we live in His Kingdom. Here and now. And then and forever.
We find that this is best done in the community of prayerful love. (Willard again.)
Feel free to join the conversation. We’d love to hear from you.
Don't buy it?
Wait ... What!?
We should clarify a point here.
When we talk about becoming who we will be, we are not resigning ourselves to a fated, que sera sera, "I am what I am," circular sort of silliness.
We are simply speaking - a bit poetically perhaps - about the fact that we are meaningful, linear, and everlasting beings. What we are now (what we do, what is done to us, what we witness) puts us on a path. That path has no end because we will never cease to be.
So, our actions and choices now - on this side of death - have immense meaning and significance. They change us more - or less - into the kind of person we would want to be if we went on forever. More importantly, they change us more - or less - into the kind of person that God wants us to be, specifically because we do go on forever.
And he has given us a frightening amount of input into who we will become.
So, the point of Becoming Who We Will Be is - categorically - not to passively accept some sort of fated inevitability (which is all too often a form of laziness or perhaps fear). Rather it is to intentionally bring to our conscious mind the fact that we are on a path, and what we do now has an immense impact - for better or for worse - on who we are and will continue to be.
We are now, in our daily lives, becoming who we will be - forever.
Becoming's logo
C.S. Lewis is a staple around here.
Few men have had so much paradigm-shifting, life-altering, awe-inspiring prose flow from their minds and onto paper, with so little apparent effort. His are works that everyone should read. (And yes, novels are included.)
In one of his books, Mere Christianity, Lewis talks about how Christian transformation (from the old to the new man, a la Paul) can be likened to a tin soldier being turned real. The imagery here immediately brings to mind the words of Ezekiel or Jeremiah, as they speak of a time when the hearts of God's people will be turned from stone into flesh.
This is beautiful and evocative language. On page 189 he says:
"The real Son of God is ... beginning to turn the tin soldier into a live man. The part of you that does not like it, is the part that is still tin."
This imagery speaks volumes to who we are, here at Becoming. God has gripped us, and Jesus and his Spirit are at work in our lives. It is beautiful, painful, and glorious. But it is not done; the process still continues and will continue forever. (Or certainly, this side of eternity, whatever the case.)
We are tin people, being made real.
And so we co-opted that idea of a tin soldier from Lewis and the heart of flesh from the prophets. We used a WWI soldier as our inspiration, which seemed like a fitting tribute to Lewis himself.
The logo simply speaks to the need to remember who we were on our own, who we really are (because of Jesus), and who we are becoming. It also serves as a reminder that while his grace and kindness are boundless - we can testify to that - there is still plenty of tin and stone.
Our transformation must continue.
A friendly admission
We are very imperfectly, but equally un-apologetically, trying to follow the beautiful, triune, creator being, self-revealed as Yahweh, made perfectly visible in the person of Jesus, whose life is available to all through his Spirit. Anyone is welcome to disagree with us on that. But everything on this site presupposes his existence, power, kindness, etc.
If you find yourself in a kerfuffle, well, we do admit we’re still a mess of imperfections.