In Canada, Martin Luther King Day is all but ignored. Oh, it is mentioned on talk radio and on the news; but it is rarely forefront in our collective consciousness because it is, after all, a U.S. holiday. With it falling on a Sunday this year, yesterday I barely noticed it, being wrapped up in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Christianity’
Prostituting the Body of Christ?
Posted: August 3, 2011 in ReligionTags: Christianity, Spirituality
Christianity started in Palestine as a fellowship; it moved to Greece and became a philosophy; it moved to Italy and became an institution; it moved to Europe and became a culture; it came to America and became an enterprise. – Sam Pascoe One religious student asked, “Isn’t Christianity is also supposed to be a body, [...]
Red Letter Christians » A Desperate Need for Imagination
Posted: July 7, 2011 in Lifestyle, SpiritualityTags: Christianity, Evangelism
Shane Claiborne takes an intriguing slant on Romans 12 and the subject of creativity, innovation and the renewing of our minds in Christ. It is well worth the read. My favorite quote: “For too long the Church has promised the world life after death, while a dying world has been asking, “But is there life [...]
The following link is to a very interesting article (By the same name as this post) on the growth of the Christian church in China published in the English version of Aljazeera (yes, that Aljazeera). There are two things in this article that really stand out for me. First of all, there are the lines [...]
Seen and Not Heard – Act 2
Posted: September 8, 2010 in Current Events, SpiritualityTags: Christianity, Religion, Seen and Not Heard
Back in January I suggested that ‘Some of God’s Children should be Seen and Not Heard‘ in response to some outrageous suggestions made by Pat Robertson. Well unfortunately, I find the old Petra song running through my head once again. Here’s the part I keep thinking about… Too many black sheep in the family Too [...]
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