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jesus is lord

Posted on June 30, 2005 | Filed Under religious language, ucc

From the United Church of Christ newsroom:

Jesus sole head of church, Thomas affirms
Written by Will Matthews
Tuesday, 28 June 2005

Refuting claims to the contrary, the Rev. John H. Thomas, general minister and President of the UCC, unequivocally re-affirmed Monday that “Jesus Christ is the sole head of the church, Son of God and Savior.”

In a letter submitted to the Bergen County Record, Thomas responded to a story that appeared in the New Jersey newspaper June 15 that centers on a proposed General Synod resolution.

The proposed resolution, slated to be debated by close to 1,000 General Synod delegates who will gather in …

“god bless america” is not the doxology

Posted on June 28, 2005 | Filed Under general

Worship as Higher Politics - Christianity Today Magazine

I was pointed to this article while checking out another Christian blog. It is well worth reading.

There is a Christian politics, which is to say that following Jesus must lead us to care about the political decisions, the law-making and law-enforcement, the policies of war and economics and international relations that impact people’s lives in profound ways.

But it is a politics of Jesus. When we wed a Christian politics too closely to the aims of one particular political party or to one particular political entity — e.g a particular nation! …

good people

Posted on June 28, 2005 | Filed Under general

I have been privileged to know some good people in my lifetime:
• people who fight to defend other people’s rights
• people who say “I forgive you” … and mean it
• people who seem never to tire of serving friends and strangers
• people who believe in a project and support it wholeheartedly … and don’t care about who takes the credit
• people who can be passionate and articulate about their faith without drawing attention to themselves
• people who live their faith in decisions about lifestyle, investments, career, politics, social life
• people who teach their children about social justice
• people who tell …

i have a dream

Posted on June 20, 2005 | Filed Under favorite posts, humility, religious language, tolerance

I have a dream …

Like the dream of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is a dream about reconciliation. It is a dream about two groups of people divided by history and culture and prejudice learning to live together, to respect each other, to recognize the strength and beauty in each other, to work alongside each other to make the world new.

I dream of reconciliation between “progressive” Christians and “evangelical” Christians. I use these particular terms because they are the terms the two groups use to identify themselves. I put the terms in quotes, however, because the …

finding a way through a no-win situation

Posted on June 16, 2005 | Filed Under humility, justice, ucc

But this summer, the UCC will take up an issue that is as explosive and divisive as any it has considered in its almost fifty year history.

as we forgive our debtors

Posted on June 14, 2005 | Filed Under justice

I was delighted to hear this week of the commitment of the G8 nations to forgive some $40 billion worth of debt of the eighteen poorest nations in the world.

about a comma theology

Posted on June 11, 2005 | Filed Under spirituality, ucc

“Never place a period where God has placed a comma.” But that is not to say that God ONLY uses commas …

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