Archive for December, 2005
New Zealanders leading the Spiritual Journey
From the article:
Cityside pastor Brenda Rockell thinks the mainstream churches “need to get a little bit more humble about hearing the stories of people’s lives, actually hearing that God is already in people’s lives and understanding that God can be there even if it’s not in a traditional Christian way.
“I’d really like to see the [...]
Notice Any Similarities?
Wishing we had "Festivus" for real…
Quote of the Day
It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
Calvin & Hobbes
Word to Yo Mutha, John Lennon
The church as a whole is failing my generation.
We don’t like it …we’re acting out… some of its healthy, some of its not, but either way there’s a revolt at work against the way church is being done.
But change within the walls of the modern church is inevitable. We don’t need [...]
Is that your rhetoric I’m stepping on?
I’m a little disjointed lately. I have had a hard time expressing myself, so I’m going to just stream-of-conscious this one:
My religious or political affiliation should have nothing to do with me being a Christian.
I don’t believe TBN talking-heads have it all right, or marketing campaigns are changing the world, or labels to classify [...]
Jesus & His Jigsaw Puzzle
Because this subject is a reoccuring pet peeve of mine, I decided to reprint this article from The Ooze.com:
“In handling the subject of ministry in the New Testament it is essential to remember the order in which the books of the New Testament were written. If we assume, as the order in which the books [...]
Why hast thou forsaken me?
-7?F
Church, Inc.
Modern church is certainly having its struggles. Having been modeled nearly 50 years ago – much of the typical structure remains intact, only the cosmetics have changed.
As the rest of the world slowly slid toward the post-modern mindset, the church continued to rework their own model with changes in formulas, step-by-step procedures and other shortened, [...]
What Does it Mean to Really Forgive?
Dear God,
I am having a dilemma.
I can’t seem to get over bitterness, resentment and complete and total dislike for someone in my life that put me and my family through such pain. I mean, I can feel it deep down and it’s been a year already, and it still feels like yesterday. I didn’t really [...]
