Message-ID: <6158960.1075855519507.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 01:55:00 -0700 (PDT) From: judy.hernandez@enron.com To: jh306@netzero.net, suhernan@llgm.com Subject: Fwd: Taste My Jesus Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Judy Hernandez X-To: jh306@netzero.net, suhernan@llgm.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Juan_Hernandez_Dec2000\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Hernandez-J X-FileName: jhernan.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Judy Hernandez/HOU/ECT on 07/14/2000 08:54 AM --------------------------- Regina Blackshear@ENRON 07/13/2000 08:44 PM To: vblack4538@aol.com, l_carter61@hotmail.com, sonia_l_castorena@reliantenergy.com, Yolanda Clay, Amber.Ebow@enron.com, Loneta Edison, NAGILL443@aol.com, Tammy Green , GRHRDH@aol.com, "BENEDICT PETERS", rosemary.a.reynolds@usa.xerox.com, "WhiteBL(Barbara)", Diane Salcido/Corp/Enron@Enron, Angela Barnett/HOU/ECT@ECT, Judy Hernandez/HOU/ECT@ECT, Eve Puckett/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Pamela Mitchell/HOU/ECT@ECT, Sandra R McNichols/HOU/ECT@ECT, Warren Perry/Corp/Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Fwd: Taste My Jesus this is very nice - >>Thought you'd like this... >> >>Edmund J. Petry >> > Taste My Jesus! >> > At the University of Chicago Divinity School each year they have what >>is >> > called "Baptist Day." On this day each one is to bring a lunch to be >>eaten >> > outdoors in a grassy picnic area. Every "Baptist Day" the school would >> > invite one of the greatest minds to lecture in the theological >>education >> > centre. One year they invited Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr.Tillich spoke for >>two >> > and >> > one-half hours "proving" that the resurrection of Jesus was false. He >> > quoted >> > scholar after scholar and book after book. He concluded that since >>there >> > was no such thing as the historical resurrection, the religious >>tradition >> > of >> > the church was groundless, emotional mumbo-jumbo, because it was based >>on >> > a >> > relationship with a risen Jesus, who, in fact, never rose from the dead >>in >> > any literal sense. He then asked if there were any questions. After >>about >> > 30 >> > seconds, an old, dark skinned preacher with a head of short-cropped, >> > woolly >> > white hair stood >> > up in the back. >> > >> > "Doctah Tillich, I got one question," he said as all eyes turned toward >> > him. He reached into his sack lunch and pulled out an apple and began >> > eating >> > it. >> > >> > "Doctah Tillich..." CRUNCH, MUNCH "My question is a simple >>question,..." >> > CRUNCH, MUNCH... "Now, I ain't never read them books you read..." >>CRUNCH, >> > MUNCH.. "and I can't recite the Scriptures in the original Greek..." >> > CRUNCH, MUNCH ... " I don't know nothin' about Niebuhr and >>Heidegger..." >> > CRUNCH, MUNCH... He finished the apple. >> > >> > "All I wanna know is: This apple I just ate,------was it bitter or >>sweet?" >> > Dr. Tillich paused for a moment and then answered in exemplary >>scholarly >> > fashion: "I cannot possibly answer that question, for I haven't tasted >> > your >> > apple." The white-haired preacher dropped the core of his apple into >>his >> > crumpled paper bag, looked up at Dr. Tillich and said calmly, "Neither >> > have >> > you tasted my Jesus." >> > >> > The 1,000 plus in attendance could not contain themselves. The crowd >> > erupted >> > with applause and cheers. Dr. Tillich thanked his audience and >>promptly >> > left. >> > >> > >> > >>________________________________________________________________________ >> > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >>http://www.hotmail.com >> >> >> > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com