Fast â the Achilles Heel of the Church
In Homerâs Iliad, we read of Achilles who had been dipped in the river by his mother to make him invulnerable. The problem was all of him was dipped in the river except his heel by which she held him in the process. This heel was where he suffered his deathly wound during the Greeksâ battle with Troy. Our Achillesâ heels are our weaknesses, our dark sides, the unconscious parts of us that can be our undoing â regardless of how strong we are or how well we are doing in every other way. I have become convinced the Achilles heel of the Western church is our rushing. The crowds can be large, the programs effective, our growth impressive. But if we participate in the speed of our culture and do not slow down, it will prove to be our mortal wound. Why? It is violent. As one scholar noted: âThe dominant form violence takes. Read more.
