Guest Post
God was in Christ reconciling the world
Christ effected our reconciliation with God and invested in us, so that we may become teeming vessels of witness and service to others.
Tuesday digest
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God refuses to be God without us
We asked God to say something definite and God,
getting personal, sent Jesus Christ. We were surprised.
Savvy occupiers
Social ethicist Gary Dorrien talked to Century executive editor David Heim after writing his cover story on "the case against Wall Street."
Thursday digest
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Kim Lawton talks to clergy and seminarians at Occupy Wall Street
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly's latest stories include an overview of the religious presence at the Occupy Wall Street protests at Zuccotti
Park in New York.
Tuesday digest
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To dwell in possibility
When my daughter was confirmed in the Christian faith
last spring, I gave her Emily Dickinson's poem, "I dwell in Possibility."
Monday digest
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In Christ, God calls all to reconciliation
God was in Christ,
proclaiming and demonstrating the good news of the kingdom (or commonwealth).
This new way of life challenges us to rethink everything in our lives that
resists reconciliation.
Thursday digest
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The CEB and the disciple who barely escaped
Whenever a new Bible translation comes out, questions arise about
changes to familiar passages. I was pleased to see the CEB use the word
"disciple" to refer to the mysterious young man who appears in Mark 14:51-52,
after the 12 disciples desert Jesus and run away.
Wednesday digest
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God is love: This is no joke
We use flippancy and
irony to shield ourselves from feeling. We relegate love to the
realm of the romantic and sentimental, and dismiss it.
Tuesday digest
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