Are you the same person? Grab a pad of paper and pen so that you can write things down, or get out an electronic device so that you can type out your responses instead. We’re going to take some time to compare and contrast our past selves to who we are now. In order toRead more
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Asking questions, Authentic Christianity, Christian hope, Following Jesus, God in the questions, Learning and growing, Spiritual journey | 0 comment | 28 July, 2021 | 3
You remain a Christian. You’ve just changed. Perhaps your framework for understanding the Christian faith has changed. Perhaps your understanding and interpretations of various Bible topics and passages have changed. Perhaps some of your spiritual habits have changed. I too have changed. My understanding of my faith in Jesus has changed. To be clear, IRead more
Asking questions, Authentic Christianity, Following Jesus, God in the face of Jesus, Jesus, Learning and growing, New humanity, Power & authority, Sacrifice, Servant project, Spiritual journey | 0 comment | 23 April, 2021 | 8
The Secret What if Jesus and his message are far better than we currently realize? And what if so much of what gets passed on as the truth about Jesus and his message is actually a watered down version of it (at best) or a complete perversion of it (at worst)? And what if oneRead more
American history, Authentic Christianity, Following Jesus, God in the face of Jesus, New humanity, Power & authority, Religious tolerance, Sacrifice, Servant project, Stories | 0 comment | 18 January, 2021 | 6
In light of the violent riot at the US Capital on January 6, 2021 and those who lost their lives, I offer this prayer. Pray with me: God of creation, Our nation is in crisis. We are more polarized than ever. Neighbor is suspicious of neighbor. Hatred, aggression and violence have escalated. Even thoseRead more
Hello and Happy New Years! I hope you and your family are having a restful holiday season and New Years! A lot of us had to change our usual norms this year due to public health guidelines and restrictions, but we made the adjustments and found out that it’s possible to still have a goodRead more
Loss of vision One of the greatest challenges of suffering in our world is not just the existence of suffering but in how to deal with it. So many of our attempts at avoiding or eliminating personal suffering is not simply because of the pain involved but the crippling ability of suffering to wipe outRead more
Stories are incredibly important to us. As children, most of us learned the word “story” and we often attached that word to anything we read or heard that was fictional in nature. But later in life, the word story took on new meaning. Stories became ways or modes of talking about experiences we had thatRead more
It’s been said that “the destination is not as important as the journey.” The spiritual path of following Jesus is also better understood as a journey rather than a destination. It’s a process of learning and growing, not about arriving somewhere and having it all figured out suddenly. Having and developing relationships, which is deeplyRead more
Stories are incredibly important to us. As children most of us learned the word “story,” and we often attached that word to any and all content we read or heard that was fictional in nature. But later in life, the word “stories” took on new meaning. Stories became ways or modes of talking about anRead more
