In Part 5 of Brian McLaren’s Everything Must Change Brian begins to look more specifically at the Security System and how Jesus’ message of the kingdom challenges how Christians relate to power and violence and systemic injustices in the world. |inline Read more
Our posts of late have raised a significant question: What does “kingdom of God” mean? It seems to me that many today have switched their Christian rhetoric from Paul’s word “salvation” to Jesus’ word “kingdom.” But, not as many are interested in spelling out what they mean by the word kingdom when they use it. There seems to be an unwritten set of assumptions of what it means and that everyone has simply agreed to assume we’ve all got it... Read more
We had a conference call the other day about the emerging event in Austin Texas scheduled for October 19 and 20. This will be a highlight event I think. We hear that the registrations are climbing rapidly and some special discussions are planned. |inline Read more
What is truth? is the question that shapes chp 7 in Walsh and Keesmaat’s Colossians Remixed. The concern of this book is to explore postmodern questions by reading Colossians; they do this creatively and in a variety of ways and much I find in this chp I agree with. This chp is a dialogue about truth — a clearly important subject to the apostle Paul in Colossians. |inline Read more
Does anyone know what the little green/neon dot on the back of NFL’s quarterbacks’ helmets is all about? Read more
Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
Above all, let us continue to urge our government and the world to do what it can for those in Myanmar who are being brutalized for standing up for rights and freedom of speech. |inline Read more
Today we begin looking at Marko Ivan Rupnik, In the Fire of the Burning Bush. Rupnik is a Jesuit, is a director and teacher in Rome, and is also a visual artist. A theme of the first section of this book, “Preliminary Clarifications,” is the danger of gnosticism in the spiritual life. |inline Read more
Today we want to look at Part 4 of Brian McLaren,Everything Must Change, called “Reintroducing Jesus.” This section is a bridge to his analysis of the three systems in his chart. So, here goes… [added: I have no idea how to align pictures anywhere but on the left and neither do I know how to mix pictures with text.]… so here goes again… |inline Read more
But this suggestion of a suffering God and a creation-affirming God of redemption … does this story get carried on by Paul in Colossians or is his gospel the fullness of that gospel? So, we turn to the end of the 6th chp in Colossians Remixed. |inline Read more
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