Violence or Peace Part 5

Violence or Peace Part 5

What do we do instead of preparing to respond to violence with violence? First: as individuals, our hearts need to be changed.  Therefore we seek and allow God’s continuing creation to build up love in our hearts and shalom in the world through the way we live....
Violence or Peace Part 4

Violence or Peace Part 4

Instead So, what do we do instead? For the sake of argument let’s just say that we all agree with this analysis of the problem – that violence only leads to more violence and that, for the most part, we have prepared to respond to violence only with more...
3.5  The World as Means of Grace

3.5 The World as Means of Grace

God creates the world  as the place wherewe come to know and love God and each other. God creates us to come to know and loveGod and each other living-in-the-world. God’s purpose in Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection in redemption the same asGod’s purpose in...
“Everything” – in three areas

“Everything” – in three areas

What is Everything? Everybody wants to live in a Good Place. Pretty much everyone will agree that they want to live in a Good Place. That is a big order, though, so we break down a Good Place into three areas: Communities, Individuals, and Organizations. In our...
What is Everything?     part 2

What is Everything? part 2

What is Everything? We all have to answer this question one way or another –  about how we understand the world we live in, how we seek to order our lives, how we seek to engage some part of the world. Prior to World War I, addressing the question “What is...
What is Everything?   part 1

What is Everything? part 1

What questions do you ask yourself? Do you have any questions that you have tried to answer for most of your life? I have always tried to find the answer to the question,“What is everything?” It is hard to maintain focus on that question, though. It is easy to get...