What is the moral responsibility of the progressive Christian whose theology boils down to “Love God. Love People.”? I met a young man who is interning at a church in Denver last week. We discussed how the idea of simply loving God and loving people sounds good, but what does it look like to liveContinue reading “Moral Responsibility”
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God’s a badass.
Have you ever questioned why God would want you? Well, it’s because God is a badass. And even though you are a wimp, a doubter, a whatever – God wants you. God wants to use you. God wants to change the world with you and for you. God’s a badass because God can use peopleContinue reading “God’s a badass.”
Skittles?
Copied from elsewhere: “If I gave you a bowl of skittles and three of them were poison would you still eat them?” “Are the other skittles human lives?” “What?” “Like. Is there a good chance. A really good chance. I would be saving someone from a war zone and probably their life if I ateContinue reading “Skittles?”
Practicing our faith.
I am a new mom, so life around my house is a little chaotic (to say the least). However, I spend a great deal of time thinking about whether or not I practice my faith enough. Recently, my small group at church has been working through Marcus Borg’s Heart of Christianity. I have read manyContinue reading “Practicing our faith.”
Something to say.
Let’s take back our faith. Together.