Intersections

The Gospel Deconstructs the Church?

Running an errand this morning I began listening to a podcast featuring Scot Mcknight. Speaking to a group of small group leaders McKnight remarked the popular form of the Gospel we preach deconstructs the Church. He described the matter by saying our patterned description of a movement of God … Continue reading

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God as Goodness

I am out of the office most of today. There are a few posts rattling around in my head. Until I get them out, read these two posts by Ken Archer on, “God as Goodness.”

Try to be a Good Person, Isnâ??t that Good Enough? – Part I of Continue reading

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Consuming Jesus Everything Must Change

I received a copy of Paul Metzger’s, Consuming Jesus, and Brian McLaren’s newest, Everything Must Change. I began reading them both. I thought of an interesting connection. If we take Jesus in rather than make of Jesus a consumer culture “everything must change.”

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Oh the memories

This evening I spent time at a “tea.” Sitting around a table with a number of four and five year old girls preparing for the “Little Miss Tuttle Pageant” I learned adults cannot enter the contest and neither can boys. Some question the first. I am guilty of the … Continue reading

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The Illumined Life: Capture the Vibrant Faith of Ancient Christians

Shedding light on our shallow thinking about life with God, Frederica Mathewes-Green offers an accessible “little book” full of wisdom from ancient travelers of the way of Jesus. Setting the course toward “theosis” Frederica offers some thoughts that would surely intrigue any reader who has thought reflectively about the … Continue reading

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