Second Year of Online Contemplative Worship Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. This was the text we used for the first OCW a year ago. It seems wroth revisiting it today as we begin - after a week off - our second year. The demand of the text is still what it was - the pursuit of holiness. Imagine is instead of "the pursuit of happiness" the American Constitution had said that it was an inalienable right of every human being to pursue holiness! Well, it is part of the Constitution of the Kingdom of God, which Kingdom is our first loyalty before any earthly nation. It was a profound moment in the King's coronation when the abou...