Last night, after sharing a meal with our Alpha participants, I attended the second of four dialogue sessions on homosexuality. A couple of years ago the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America mandated that dialogue sessions around this issue occur throughout the denomination before the matter is allowed to be discussed again in 2009. [...]
The flipside of “holy dissatisfaction” (see yesterday’s post) is holy desire. Holy dissatisfaction arises out of holy desires. It is this holy desiring that Jesus encourages us to bring to our praying: “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will [...]
I can’t imagine what former governor Spitzer and his family are going through right now. As followers of Jesus, the last thing we want to do is cast stones. When Jesus said to the accusers of the adulterous woman, “Whoever is without sin cast the first stone,” he was inviting them to reflect upon their own [...]
“Then Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were selling. ‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘ “My house will be a house of prayer”; but you have made it “a den of robbers” ‘ ” (Luke 19:45,56).
Temple worship had become big business. Animals were sold to worshiping pilgrims so [...]
What if?
What if I refused to see other Christians in terms of their denominational identity or theological orientation? What if I simply saw them as fellow followers of Jesus? What if I resisted labeling people, and simply engaged with what they were saying — agreeing, disagreeing, raising questions, listening, interacting, but refusing to write anyone off [...]
This past weekend, one of our members was asked what kind of church he attended — Lutheran? Catholic? The member didn’t know how to respond; so he just said “Christian.” Another person at the same meeting said that she usually just says “Protestant.” This points out how confusing all these labels can be.
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