Church: Have we just become consumers of religious goods and services or are we actively participating in the life and ways of Jesus. For some the content of their spirituality is as intimate, brief and personally vulnerable as a trip through the McDonald's Drive Thru. However, if you paid for the meal of the next person behind you in line it might be more like what Jesus might do than all the sermons and worship experiences we have consumed. Ask [...]
"When we take our gaze off the celebrity pastors (practical dramatists) and the ministry pundits (theoretical dramatists) and we fix our eyes once again on Jesus, we’ll discover a spiritual leader with the wisdom to focus on the only drama that really matters. Jesus lived and served from a soul at one with the Father and an identity secure in his love. From this inner place he drew the strength to do might works (drama [...]
Brace yourself. I am haunted by what you are about to read. So I don't take away from these words I will not say anything else except, please excuse my lack in poetic structure. I copied this by ear. The words are correct but may not be written out like it should as a poem. When I became a Christian I said "Lord now fill me in; tell me what I'll suffer in this [...]
We always share communion on Christmas Sunday in our worship gathering. I was pondering this in light of the celebration of Christ's birth. Why do we combine the crucifixion with the birth of Jesus? What is its significance and implication? As many of you will share the Lord's Supper (Eucharist) this Sunday let me give you something to meditate on. There is something wrapped in the mystery and miracle of Christ's birth. We are overwhelmed by [...]
In a recent interview by Jamie Aprin-Ricci with missiologist Michael Frost, Michael shared the following thoughts: "...our christology should lead to our missiology which in turn will lead to our ecclesiology. In other words, the way we understand the gospels and the character of God revealed to us in Jesus will affect our way of thinking about our mission in the world. If we get our christology right, it will lead to a right missiology. [...]