Being Church

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Is a peace that passes understanding possible if we have too little understanding?

B. Unabashed Christian: (for community worship)

Holy One,

We came here to find you.
You found us long ago. You find us anywhere.
We came here to hear you.
You have spoken to us in scripture and in Jesus. You speak to us any time – through nature, friends, art.
We came here to praise you.
Our whole life can express praise, wherever and whenever we know gratitude, compassion and love.
We came here to worship you.
We cannot do it alone. Solo hymns lack the fullness of the body. So we sing this hymn of praise…
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Well, yes, I might consider a career as a magician.”


[Just a teenage fantasy? No.]

D. Blog: A Parable

"Bearing one another's joys and burdens..."

A woman who had taken a fertility drug gave birth to triplets.
She and her husband worried about how they would cope with three infants. Should they hire a maid? Should he seek a second job? Should they ask her mother to move in with them for a few months?

Then they heard other church members speaking of the children as "our triplets." What do you think became of their worrying?