The North Carolina Council of Churches has sponsored a month-long message on a billboard outside Burlington, quoting the 2nd Commandment – against idolatry – in the context of ongoing national debate over the 2nd Amendment.
“And so in spring’s theology we are taught that waiting is never wasted…”
The National Anglican and Lutheran Worship Conference in Canada, which will take place in July, is to center around the theme of responding to natural and manmade
Shortly after Easter, David Hayward, aka “The Naked Pastor” on Instagram, posted this comic: According to Hayward, there was some backlash, particularly from men. “The
“In The Spirit of Love Law says, ‘Thus the mystery of our redemption proclaims nothing but a God of love toward fallen man. It was the love of God that could not behold the misery of fallen man without demanding and calling for his salvations.’ That same love that overshadowed Mary, the Theotokos.”
Luci and Jordan take apart the whole of Obadiah – all 21 verses
The church is not changing. The church is not dying. The church is simply molting into a new form. Could it be that Celtic spirituality – “a listening for God in the heart of life” as John Philip defines it, may be there to catch a church beginning its free-fall from power?
In Celebrating the 50 Days of Easter, Nancy Hopkins-Greene explores ways let go of fear, cultivate signs of new life, read the Bible, bring new life to others, and invite God into your questions.
One of the great mysteries of life in the church is the question of and tension between bounty and scarcity. It is so much easier to talk in church of things “spiritual” like the Trinity, sin, hope, eternal life. Angels and incense –chalices not calluses. The stakes are rather low if lovely.
We who have experienced the living Christ in every generation are entrusted with a mighty treasure, the Good News; and the obligation to share it widely and fearlessly with the world.