What does it mean to be Easter people, a people who have seen Christ embrace us from atop a cross in spite of our sin? It means accepting God’s hospitable invitation to new way of being community for one another. In a recent Christian Century article, ethicist Christine Pohl states that a best practice for buildingContinue reading “An Easter community inspires mutual welcome between strangers”
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Subterfure or Sabotage: A sermon on being all things to all people (1 Corinthians 9:16-23)
In the 18th century, a philosopher-poet by the name of Xavier de Maistre, was sentenced to house arrest for participating in a duel. Since the penalty consisted of being homebound for over a month he decided to go on a journey and write about his exploits. This journey was peculiar, however, in that he didContinue reading “Subterfure or Sabotage: A sermon on being all things to all people (1 Corinthians 9:16-23)”
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