Category: faith

This question was raised in the context of living a good or moral life. One person observed that you do not have to be a Christian to love your neighbor as your self. This is true. For example – out of a group serving in a food kitchen there may be a Muslim, Hindu, Christian, […]

This question has many different types of answers depending on the particular details of the question that is asked. For example: When – In the first century or today? What does accept mean? Who – As a faith tradition, or individuals within the faith? I do not feel qualified to respond to this question in […]

Last night was the first meeting of The Secret Message of Jesus – A Book Discussion at Resurrection. It was great. There were about 40 people who gathered to discuss Part One of the book. It was a good mix of people – first time attender to several who had been at Resurrection over 10 […]

The Kingdom of Heaven is like the internet, in that it is: Diverse Growing / expanding Communal / connecting Experiential The Kingdom of Heaven is not like the internet, in that it is: Not damaging or destructive, which the internet can be at times. This post came about from listening to pray-as-you-go yesterday. As a […]

This fall I will be leading a book discussion based on The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian D. McLaren. This is a part of the Living Forward classes that are being offered by the Congregational Care pastors at Resurrection. From the website: Would you like to learn more about Jesus’ teaching and preaching? Would […]

Today in staff chapel, we focused on giving thanks. As a part of the service we had the opportunity to write our own psalm using a particular psalm for inspiration. Half were given Psalm 30 and half Psalm 138. I had never written my own psalm before and I found the experience to be profound […]

There has been a lot of conversation recently about the relationship between the Roman Catholic church and other denominations. I invite you to take time to read a couple relevant articles: Pope approves document that stirs Protestant criticism (The Kansas City Star) Vatican reaffirms Catholic primary: Document cites “wound” in Orthodox, Protestant churches (The Washington […]

I had a wonderful experience meeting with a couple yesterday. They have been attending Resurrection for about a month. Both of them have very little background in faith or the church. They began to search for a church home after the death of a parent who made the opportunity for them to explore faith available, […]