It behooves us North American Christians to realize now what the German churches learned too late some forty years ago: it is not enough to resist with confession; we must confess with resistance. c
04118 – It is Not Enough…
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03998 – Patient with Prejudice?
No human being should ever be patient with prejudice at the expense of its victims. --from Credo
03589 – Our Value and God’s Love
God's love doesn't seek value, it creates value. It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement.
02863 – Real Christian Community
You can have real Christian community with seekers of the truth. But never possessors of the truth.
02796 – Sentimental vs. Loving
To show compassion for an individual without showing concern for the structures of society that make him an object of compassion is to be sentimental rather than loving.--------------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: To show compassion for...
02460 – Distortion of the Gospel
What a distortion of the gospel it is to have limited sympathies and unlimited certainties!
02044 – The Power of God at Work
Jesus is both a mirror to our humanity and a window to divinity, a window revealing as much of God as is given mortal eyes to see. When Christians see Christ empowering the weak, scorning the powerful, healing the wounded, and judging their tormentors, we are seeing...
01747 – The Opposite of Despair is Hope
If God doesn't give up on us, we had better not despair of ourselves. We can always do better--especially if we remember the opposite of despair is not optimism but hope. Hope criticizes what is, hopelessness rationalizes it. Hope resists, hopelessness adapts. But...
01672 – Superficial Religious Identity
Not only Christians but all Americans subscribe to the notion that "all people are created equal." But how many feel the monstrosity of inequality? I'm thinking not only of racial inequality, but also of today's excess of wealth and poverty, the absence of affordable...
01425 – Power and Corruption; Powerlessness & Self-Hatred
Isaiah understood what Lord Acton failed to note, that it is not only power that tends to corrupt, and absolute power absolutely; powerlessness does the same. It produces lives dreary with self-hatred and stingy with hope. from Credo