To stop clarifying that “I’m not one of those Christians” and to simply and earnestly proclaim “I’m with Christ” would be a beautiful thing.
Read MoreAgape: an active love
Nonviolent resistance should target the underlying forces of evil, of injustice, rather than the individual people who happen to be doing the evil. As Dr. King would often say to the people in the Montgomery protest, "We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust."
Read MoreBeing an Out Christian
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.
Read MoreThis is Pentecost
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.
Read MoreOn Baptism
Accepting responsibility for teaching, guiding, loving, and forming a new member of Christ’s Church is an awesome thing and it pushes the soul closer to God.
Read MoreOn the Loss and Return of a Son (Luke 15:11-32)
I had an assignment for school to rewrite the story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) with a mother inserted into the story. I decided to accept the anachronism of Julian Calendar dates and wrote a series of diary entries from the mother's perspective.
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