Ever present God, you called us to be in relationship with one another and promised to dwell wherever two or three are gathered. In our community, we are many different people; we come from many different places, have many different cultures. Open our hearts that we...
What people don't realize is how much Christianity costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross.
Christianity can be confusing, but the way of Jesus was pretty clear. Move toward the poorEmpower the womanCreate space at the tableThrow partiesWiden the family boundariesPoke holes in oppressive systemsDon't retaliate with violenceForgive your enemyDon't store up...
Most people don't really want the truth. They just want constant reassurance that whatever they believe in is the truth.
Positive people are not positive because they've skated through life. They're positive because they've been through hell and decided they don't want to live there anymore.
If your Gospel dehumanizes people in order to save them, it's not Good News, it's propaganda. Not in service of their well being, but in establishment of your privilege. Not to give cause to love them, but to give reason for your hatred.
The Purpose of Propaganda is to make one set of people forget that other sets of people are human.
Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.
Praying for the people in this terrible Israeli/Hamas conflict feels too empty and too simple as I sit in my comfortable chair in a place where I am not being threatened by anybody, unlike the people in that region.
People should never be the collateral damage of your theology.