The result is that we are all beginning to understand one another better. To separate issues from people. To learn to love and be loved.
Peace
A Declaration of Peace
My good friend Jeff Johnson has posted a brilliant and evocative piece over on his Our Human Life blog. Jeff raises some important issues that all of us trying to follow Jesus and seek shalom need to explore. Will we continue to pay lip service to a nebulous concept of peace, or will we … Continue reading A Declaration of Peace
Worship or warfare? A tale of pens and swords.
If the pen is indeed mightier than the sword, it can’t simply become a sword. It must serve a higher purpose.
Here is the church, here is the steeple…
Instead of a church that’s more like us, maybe we should be seeking a church that looks more like Jesus.
Where moth and rust consume
The “treasures on earth” Jesus rebukes are the systems and structures that oppress, objectify and dehumanize others at the altar of self-righteousness, exclusivity and superiority.