“One tries to follow Jesus by squeezing through the eye of the needle . . . and then stumbling outside the gates. Spending time there. Finding people we’d normally be asked to have mercy on—and instead asking them to have mercy on us and teach us.”
Are you an especially compassionate person? Do you get tickled [...]
I was really hoping to make it to Claremont this week. But it was not to be.
Theology After Google is a whole lot of awesome. There are some incredible folks gathered together to discuss today’s theological currents. Check the schedule and follow the conversation on Twitter or on live streaming video.
I’ve been focusing on the Nicene Creed today. Especially this portion.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally
begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us
and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power [...]
Many people have spent much energy in trying to stop Brantford from following the failed attempts of many other cities to revitalize their downtowns by tearing them down. A stretch of four blocks of buildings that are between 100 and 150 years old are scheduled to be erased in the next few weeks. Four blocks [...]
Obligitory link to the Missional Syncroblog from a few years ago.
The term missional suffers from continued confusion. Lately I think to too many Missional means "I’m not Emergent but I am still progressive!" And it is still easily captured by those who see nothing of value in institutional christianity. "Missional means getting away from crusty [...]