Deep Roots

Some people say that Christianity is old fashioned and out of touch.  It has had its day.  They say this especially about the Catholic Church.  But I like the word, "Antiquity" rather than old fashioned.  We Christians go back a long way and must have come up with some pretty good wisdom for our "do it yourself" American way of figuring things out.  We have something to offer to people who come up with new solutions out of their personal experience.  AA is an example.  Europe is steeped in tradition.  They would never have figured out a program for alcoholics.  We Americans are not so steeped in tradition. We look to the future to solve problems.  What can be, what is possible?  AA was new, but it borrowed from a religious tradition to come up with its 12 steps for recovery.  The new AA solution used ancient wisdom to develop a program of recovery.  Someone called it the "church downstairs," because the groups often met in basements of churches that had "church upstairs."  The best of religious antiquity is spiritual, not political.  AA somehow knew this.  There must have been some ancient but ever new Power at work here.  You think?