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Lead pastor at Willow Creek, Gene Appel, mentioned this blog in his talk this weekend so I want to welcome Willow Creekers to the conversations <\/a>that occur on this blog. A brief introduction to Jesus Creed: we talk about Jesus, about Christian theology, about books we are reading, and about issues \u2014 some of them controversial. We pride ourselves on this blog for creating a safe place for conversation. We often disagree; we often state our views sharply; but we don\u2019t insult one another. We are now doing a few series: on a \u201c missional <\/a>church life,\u201d letters <\/a>to emerging Christians, and whether catastrophes are God\u2019s judgment<\/a> or not, and on spiritual disciplines<\/a> as community (not just individual, personal) endeavors \u2026 and so many other things come. Join us. (If some terms get a little stuffy, check out our Bloglossary <\/a>in the Sidebar to your right.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"