Category: Church
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Still a Beautiful Church
Are you weary and discouraged by the stories and posts bemoaning the big-C universal Church’s failures and irrelevancy? Me too. It feels like the kinds of stories that make it into my feeds and headlines are about the big-C universal Church’s failures and irrelevancy. It leaves me feeling discouraged and disheartened, wondering what’s the point.…
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On Disassembling Jesus’ House
A Reflection on Mark 2:1-12 Jesus, you looked with compassion on the men who disassembled the roof of your home to bring their paralyzed friend before you. They tore through the structure that kept you protected from the rain, sheltered from the hot sun. The hole they made – big enough to fit a man…