Posts tagged ‘Church’

A Different Flash Mob

Detroit Mass Mob fills pews in struggling churches

By The Canadian Press on October 24, 2014 Read more…

God’s Compassion – Not Institutional Compulsion

JS Park writes good, solid words. This post is exactly what my blog is about so I have decided to re-blog it here. I have deliberately omitted some of it so that you will go to the original and spend time on his site.
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More Than Mere Words

Good old words that the Church uses no longer carry a deep meaning in our time and culture. Grace, justification, sanctification, love of God and even church ring hollow. Read more…

The Church’s Grave

“Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
Although he was in the form of God and equal with God,
he did not take advantage of this equality. Read more…

“I Went Through a Similar Situation”

I’m finding that with a blog one learns flexibility. A person commented on my post “Define Defeat”. It is so powerful I’m breaking some of my own operational rules. Read more…

So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Anymore

Book reviews aren’t my thing, but I just read a book that is one of the best tree shakers I have found. “So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Anymore” was published seven years ago, but I just found it a month ago. Read more…

Endless Jewel Shared

I’m sad that believers emphasize differences and violate each other with them, and refuse to focus on what we all need in common, “Love God, love ourselves so we can love others”. Read JS Park with a loving, open mind: I’m starting to find that everyone’s Christian faith is utterly, uniquely different. Read more…

Rock Solid Real

“When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’ Read more…

Oxymoron 2

Oxymoron is a neat word. From two Greek words meaning “chaff” and “foolish” it pretty much means worthless nonsense. I wrote about oxymorons once before, but here I am again. Read more…

Godless Church

I just came upon a news item from AFP. In Britain an atheist gathering, dubbed a “Godless Church”, meets once a month. They call themselves “Sunday Assembly”.

And what do they do? Read more…