Part of my responsibilities at Creekside is to learn how Creekside can engaging in meeting the needs of our community and of the world (Serving and Missions). I have been overwhelmed by the amount of attention that has been given to human trafficking. So overwhelmed that I didn’t really have the courage to investigate howContinue reading “God In A Brothel”
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Freedom of God
“The idealized God is maintained at the expense of his freedom. The idealized God lacks flexibility; initiative, the capacity to surprise. The resulting picture of God is a sophisticated idol, but still an idol.” (Judson Mather, “The Comic Art of the Book of Jonah.” Soundings 65, no. 3 [September 1, 1982], 286). I read this in my research onContinue reading “Freedom of God”
Not to get political but . . .
I’m really glad that I’ve been unable to watch the news for the past few weeks. Because when I turned it on, all I saw was hatred from both parties thrown back and forth. I’ve seen religious discimination lauded as a conservative american value. I’ve seen the parody that is the Colbert Report come true.Continue reading “Not to get political but . . .”