Guest Post
God is starting to show
Advent is the season of the showing.
Divinely persistent, God really loves us
The Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead is working to infiltrate the whole creation with God's love.
Monday digest
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In Christ, God's "yes" defeats our "no"
Our "no" is a human rejection of God's claim on us as our creator, sustainer and lord, a rejection that produces alienation and isolation, even from ourselves.
Wednesday digest
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To bless or baptize
I was ordained to the Disciples denomination. But I'm serving in a congregation of the UCC, and the plan is to be here for a good long while. So what to do about baptizing our children?
Tuesday digest
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Monday digest
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Friday digest
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Christ's humanity occasions our divinity
According to both Irenaus
and Athanasios, God became like us so that we might become like God. Clement
observes that through obedience one "becomes a god while still walking in
the flesh."
Thursday digest
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"Only old people write their memoirs"
I talked to Leymah Gbowee
about the writing of her memoir of the Liberian Women's Mass Action for Peace,
Mighty Be Our Powers.
Wednesday digest
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Tuesday digest
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God, through Jesus Christ, welcomes you anyhow
The gospel begins
and ends with God. Jesus makes God's action good news. But the word
"Jesus" alone doesn't help me; such Jesus is a nice guy, but I need
Jesus Christ, God's anointed.
Monday digest
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Everybody gets to grow and change
But not everyone will grow and change.
Thursday digest
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Commodity dating?
Writer Kate Bolick is 39 and single; I've been married since I was 24. By the logic of her Atlantic article, this means I won something in the "dating game" and she lost something.
Wednesday digest
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