God likes to stay a little hidden

I see this way that God constantly goes to metaphors.  And Jesus does too in the parables, expecially when talking about the kingdom of heaven.  Metaphors are limited in complete understanding and inherently wrong when taken to (theological) extremes.
Even the notion of God as Father has led me to absolutely declare that God is a man….
Stupid [...]

Joking!

I got this from MaggiDawn, whose blog I just visited for the first time today, looks like some interesting reading…On their way to get married, a young couple is involved in a fatal car accident. The couple find themselves sitting outside the Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven. While waiting, [...]

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A new book I’m interested in, but can’t as yet afford, is Reggie McNeal’s new one,
I downloaded the first chapter from leadership network resources page, it’s near the bottom under sample chapters.
It’s an interesting read, plus he is very clear in his diagnosis of the church.
ps – I’m loving Pete Ward!

Doug Pagitt

This is a link to a new and absolutely hilarious blog that was started by Doug Pagitt. He’s a pastor of Solomon’s Porch, in Minneapolis, you can check out his personal blog on the right. This new blog is to combat reductionistic thinking. It’s true until you think about it!

Contrast of Process Salvation and Escapism

I’ve been thinking a bunch about escapism theology lately. This is a perspective that we will be taken out of this world and brought to a much better place at the end of the world. This is the view propagated by the Left Behind series and by many evangelical denominations. I’m starting to see a [...]