Thoughts on John Wesley, UMC, life, faith, and anything else!
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Label: Christian
What if Christians stopped seeing themselves as Christian? What if the label Christian lost its significance? What would happen if instead of answering the question, “Are you a Christian” affirmatively, we stepped back and found some other way to define who we are? We are in a mass marketed, mass communication, mass information Culture where…
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Church Thang
God still calls out to all who will listen. SOmetimes I feel like, in the church, we have God all figured out. Sometimes I feel like we believe that if God is going to work he must and has to work through us. Of course, this isn’t the first time people believed this. Jesus was…
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Jesus
I use to think of Jesus a certain way and I’m finding more ‘voice’ to my views through N. T. Wright and others in the postmodern genre. Jesus is the one who tries to teach His followers the best possible way to live. Following Jesus doesn’t mean that things will be wonderful in my life,…
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Post-modernism
I think the thing about the whole post-modern movement is the feeling that some are making it into some program. It seems like if there is anything that effects the church, we are able to turn it into a program and try to market it. For me, post-modernism is not a program, it is simply…
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The Church Why Bother?
The Church Why Bother? – Christianity Today Magazine A pretty good read and it reminds me of the fact that there is more going on with the church than what I believe. I get so concerned with all the ‘trappings’ of the organization when in reality there is something more important. My growth in Christ.…
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A New Year…again
I was wondering what my “Focus” was going to be for the new year. Then it kind of hit me. Perhaps this year I can stop trying as hard and simply start trusting. One of the areas I’ve been trying to work on is having true joy in my life. I know that through Jesus…