Christian Spiritual Formation

Is God Among Us? – Thoughts From the Edge

Five months ago I encountered a wonky podcast plugin. Looking for a solution ran into the brick wall of time. Summer came and with it other matters that rose to the top of the “To Do” list for each week.

I recently discovered a solution and am glad to … Continue reading

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Reverse Critique Or, How Our Children Expose Us

“We are going to look for another church.” The words stung the young pastor. He was quite unaware of how to proceed. Should he confront the members on their way out for some explanation? Would it be polite to ask what happened to were considered good friends and church … Continue reading

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The Rupture of Forgiveness In a World of Revenge

Today pastors will preach on the day the United States collectively remembers 9/11 ten years later. My sermon title for this morning is the title for this post, “The Rupture of Forgiveness In a World of Revenge.” I don’t often talk about preaching here. Today is different.… Continue reading

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Intersecting Traditions – Our Benefit

What happens when we rub shoulders with those outside our own Christian faith tradition? Slippery slope arguments would contend we may jettison our convictional framework in favor of the novelty of something new. Generally what we find in a new tradition is something that may be deficient in our … Continue reading

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Hope and Reality – Thoughts from the Edge

The new realities of the Kingdom break into the world in some important ways. Our continued living out the resurrection of Jesus may give hope to people who have lost confidence in our adversarial posture as we live redemptively in the world. What are your thoughts? If you like … Continue reading

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