St. Paul had his fair share of persecution. The book of Acts records how Paul, persecutor–turned–evangelist, founded churches and suffered as a result. The book concludes with Paul in jail, his fate hanging in the balance. Founding a little church in the Macedonian city of Thessalonica was especially difficult. Acts 17 states that he preachedContinue reading “Enduring through persecution”
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An Easter community inspires mutual welcome between strangers
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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