Christian Hedonism 3.0
A few days ago Doug Wilson wrote a very interesting post exhorting us not to be truncated Christian Hedonists (CH). Yes, it’s necessary that we pursue God as our treasure (CH 1.0). And our understanding of God must be explicitly Trinitarian (CH 2.0)—Wilson calls it Nicean hedonism (I love it!).
But then he says, “we … need to move on to Chalcedon, to an incarnational hedonism.” This means enjoying God in all that he has made. Wilson writes,
The world is a sacramental, and everything in it. Grace is everywhere, and gets into everything. Faith can dig it out of anything. The grandeur of God can flame out from anything, like shining from shook foil.”
Amen. Read the post. And if you haven’t yet, read his son’s book, Notes From the Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World (my favorite 2009 read). It will help you see and savor the grace and glory of God everywhere.