Did you ever ask your parents if you could open up just one present before Christmas? Maybe you got to choose one on Christmas Eve. Over time our culture of immediacy appears to have influenced the church in a way that it strips the Season of Advent of the … Continue reading
Read MorePointing fingers rarely gets underneath an issue. Fox News offers a page on their site dedicated to stories about the assault on Christmas. Recently a local news anchor here in flyover country picked this up for one if his two-cent rants.
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Read MoreJesus calls into question our need for oppositional postures. But, in order to maintain the strength of our perceived positions we need someone, some group, with which to be angry. Funny thing is that when we read the Gospels, Jesus’ words reserved for those who chose him as their … Continue reading
Read MoreThere is good reason to listen to a variety of voices. Advent calls into question things as they are and draws from us the expectation of the impossible.
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Follow the Money, Endorsements Are Not Only Revealed in What We Give
Jim Wallis, of Sojourners, has long considered a budget to be a moral document. It reveals what we believe is important as a Country. We may apply this conviction to our own personal budgets and, yes, the budgets of Christian denominations.
Recently Bobby Ross Jr. wrote a … Continue reading
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