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- October 13, 2008
To exegete Scripture is to study a passage of Scripture with the intention of understanding and interpreting it. From a…
- October 10, 2008
When we have an active community of the faithful who continually seek to listen as they are addressed by Christ,…
- October 9, 2008
One of the important missions of the church is to provide an “alternate world” through which people can experience their…
- October 8, 2008
Even when we are part of a culture that is heavily shaped by a certain language and mindset, the presence…
- September 29, 2008
Walter Brueggeman, in his book, Israel’s Praise, (Foretress Press, Philadelphia, 1988) explores the world-making task of liturgy. He suggests that…
- September 26, 2008
The members, who experience the address of Christ when they are called together as the Body, give testimony to that…
- September 25, 2008
In a less radical vein, the church accompanies all of its members as they move out into their world of…
- September 24, 2008
Consider who might be seen as not only outsiders but enemies of the good of the community in our time.…
- September 22, 2008
According to Matthew, immediately following Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, he came down from the mountain and performed two acts…
- September 19, 2008
Forgiveness goes far beyond the demonstration of acceptance of one who comes to you. Jesus was very clear that his…
- September 18, 2008
Tricia had been in the choir when she was a little girl. She loved the music. It was the best…
, - September 17, 2008
One of the scariest words ever spoken by Jesus is in the Gospel of John. During one of his resurrection…
- September 16, 2008
If sin is the alienation or distancing which we experience as a result of act, attitude, fear, desire or indifference…
- September 12, 2008
Witness in the third paradigm is not done from a position of arrogance but of humility. A problem for the…
- September 11, 2008
In all three paradigms, the focus of mission is “salvation,” but the frontier where that mission is carried out shifts.…
- September 10, 2008
Over 17 years ago, Loren Mead, in his book The Once and Future Church, stated that “where a sense of…