A mystic returned to his community after months of being in the desert in contemplation.
“Tell us about your encounters with the Divine,” they said. “Tell us what God is like.”
Tag: God
The marks of a progressing civilization
When I desire the happiness in our children, and mark our progress as humanity by that, I am not referring to children as never crying. I am not ruling out other marks of a progressive society, but merely desiring a shift in priority. What does our society claim as proof of our progression? Happiness is something more than self-satisfied, self-interested, and self-serving. It something greater than an innocent or unaware naivety.
God on Facebook?!?
Ok, this picture is corny and wrong! As Shane said, “what do they do with the Poke function?” and what about all the special invites people give…… Read more “God on Facebook?!?”
If God is Love… where does fear fit in?
I’m reading this book, which our church is reading for Lent – If God is Love: Rediscovering Grace in an Ungracious world. It’s a jarring book, as…… Read more “If God is Love… where does fear fit in?”
This whole cell phone in church thing… bigger than just distractions
I wanted to do a whole post dedicated to this idea of what our community worship experience might be like in regards to distractions like cell phones…… Read more “This whole cell phone in church thing… bigger than just distractions”
Nathan Bettger | Oshkosh, WI 