Could this be a wake-up call to the Church, and in particular, to Preachers? While we try to squish the gospel message into a run of fancy phrases or 30 second clips, have people actually been calling out for something more? Could it be that it is time that we stop trying to inculturate the Gospel message and just give it?
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Our culture likes us to think that purity is the last thing needed in any relationship. If a relationship is to be truly loving, says the culture, it must involve sex. After all why else would magazines like “Cosmo” and “Self” run endless articles of “10 ways to please your man’ and ‘Sexy secrets to heat up the bedroom!’ Continue reading
My son held up the receipt and with excitement in his voice, asked for a happy face. Grinning widely, the employee asked my son ‘Now, what’s the magic word?” Dutifully, my son responded “Tickle Pickles!”
This trend toward self-criticism isn’t just damaging on an emotional level, but also on a spiritual one. Each time we compare ourselves to others, and find ourselves incomplete, we disregard the uniqueness of the person God has created us to be. Continue reading
I was looking forward to seeing how a seminary student would handle the murky morality of Reality TV. How would his or her faith be presented in this show? More specifically, how would someone, presumably in their formative years of life, express their devotion to God and their call to ministry as they schemed, strategized, and battled their way towards one millions dollars?
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Our snarky remarks and snide comments subtly suggest that the individual we ridicule is not worth God’s time, effort, or love.
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Our spirituality is not the part of our lives lived between shopping trips and coffee-shop visits. Rather our spiritual life is firmly rooted in these places and our particular interactions with them. Every place is a spiritual place, precisely because they are places that we reside. Continue reading
I have even questioned whether we need to‘re-brand’ the Anglican Church. To this phrase, my friend cheekily but insightfully quipped:
“You mean, like a pair of Jeans?” Continue reading
By Christian Harvey In a past post I said that I believe that Hip Hop is the Modern Day Psalms. Over the next twelve weeks I will be making a Modern Day Psalms Mixtape. Every Monday I will add a … Continue reading
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