Humiliated Christ, Humiliated Church

by Lowell Chilton in , ,

A reflection on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Lectures on Christology. I wrote this last year at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and it is calling to me this week.

God became human for me
God became human for you
God became human for all

I could not see God
I would not see God
I do not see God

God become human went to the Cross
                                  died on the Cross
                                  humiliated on the Cross

God become human humiliated for me
God become human humiliated for you
God become human humiliated for all

I could not see God
I would not see God
I do not see God

Church of Christ flourished
Church of Christ was proud
Church of Christ obscured God

I could not see God
I would not see God
I do not see God

Church of Christ goes to the Cross
Church of Christ dies on the Cross
Church of Christ is humiliated on the Cross

Humiliated Church lives
Humiliated Church opens
Humiliated Church reveals

Reveals God for me
                      for you
                      for all

I might see God
I will see God
I do see God

Being an Out Christian

by Lowell Chilton in , ,

The prologue to the Gospel of John is full of beautiful language and profound theology about Christ. In the midst of the connections to Greek and Jewish philosophy, the profound language about the Word and the relationship of Christ to God and to Man, it is really easy to miss the arrival of the first Out Christian.

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This is Pentecost

by Lowell Chilton in , , ,

Today we invite the spirit to come into our midst. What are we really asking for when we make that invitation? Are we asking for the comforting, consoling Spirit that surrounds us with the warmth of God’s love? 

Deep down, we probably are. 

This is not Pentecost. 

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