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Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest.
C.S. Lewis on Love
I got this beautiful quote from Jessica Roye's blog. I don't want to comment; it speaks for itself. (The structure is mine. I hope Lewis wouldn't mind.)... "To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung..."
“what we believe”
If you're looking for something like the Nicene Creed, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. We don't subscribe to a list of "beliefs" that we think grant us some special status. When we say "believe" we mean that we have an idea...
what should i do?
All our lives, people tell us what to do. If we’ve been to school, we’ve been told when to sit down and when to stand up, when to think about math and when to think about art, and, for crying out loud, when to pee! If we’ve been part of the church, we’ve been told [...]
what the hell is “scripture”?
I don’t have any business talking about it, because I don’t know Greek and Hebrew and Aramaic. But it’s pretty clear to me that old-skool Christianity has bogged us down with some heavy burdens, in the form of words that only apply to The Church. I talked about this before in a post called repent or [...]
will the poor always be with us?
...really seem to crave freedom. If that's true, and especially if some folks choose to live outside, free of monthly obligations like rent and utilities, does that mean we don't have to worry about them?
Old-school Christianity Sux Eggs
Jonathan Brink’s post, Just Tell Me How to Think, got me thinking. In it, he quoted some old-school Christian guy as saying this: “On the outside, it can sometimes appear that these “emerging churches” are just as orthodox as any other Bible-believing church. Online doctrinal statements and many sermons will sound no different from a Bible-based [...]
self-protection, within reason
I used to think I needed to be ready to use force to protect myself and my loved ones... What about you? What do you do for self-protection? Lock your doors? Carry a cell phone? Carry a Glock 23?
Repent or Burn!
I debated about whether to use the title "repent or burn" for this post. Just seeing the phrase makes my stomach hurt, but I want to face up to it and deal with it.
Rated R for Language
This post is about the f-word. Jonathan Brink also blogging on the topic today. Amy Moffitt may too. “f**k human trafficking.” — Eugene Cho My sons and I were talking about “dirty words” recently, and someone mentioned that we don’t say the f-word in public. Of course, the littlest one said “Why?” I told him that some [...]