I Do Not Know You
“Perhaps we need to heed the plight of the Foolish Virgins, and adhere to a life of Spirit, living in Christ.”
“Perhaps we need to heed the plight of the Foolish Virgins, and adhere to a life of Spirit, living in Christ.”
“I claim that what Jesus taught was not political, although it clearly crossed the political lines of the day, as it does today. He was focused on a life of faith, of obedience, of love.”
“Jesus is not only vandalizing, yes, vandalizing the Temple court, and bringing himself to the attention of the Temple authorities as his time draws near, but making it quite clear that he, as Christ/Messiah, is a new way, one that doesn’t require doves and lambs to be killed on God’s altar. He is the Lamb. He brings the Dove.”
“Perfect faith in God is not ever easy. God, through the Spirit and through community, still intervenes in our lives. And sometimes that call from God can be terrifying.”
“This is a fine theological line, because we believe that God loves us unconditionally, but God doesn’t love some of what we do.”
“The big issue, the one that should concern us, is how easily the Body of Christ gets torn up, even by the very people who are Spirit driven leaders who should be holding it together.”
“We are all responsible to God our judge. Evil is growing, and must end, and only we can end it.”
“Jesus prays not that the Father take us from the world before our time, but acknowledges that we don’t completely fit in the world once we have known him, and have touched Love and Immortality.”
“We believe the Holy Spirit teaches us, counsels us when we stray, comforts us when we are in sorrow, and revealing the Holy One to us when we are overcome with faith or beauty.”
“We are in the world, but do not belong to the world. We are marked with eternity. We will be among the saints.”