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Kris and I were visiting Lukas and Annika recently and we frequented Sapore, the local coffee shop. Sitting there got me to thinking about all the good coffee shops — not chains — local folks visit, and how hard those baristas work to produce a nice cup of latte or coffee for us.  Who wants…

Peter’s message reshaped the Church to expand it to its universal proportions: Acts 10:37 …. you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced: 10:38 with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who…

“Love your neighbor as yourself.” This injunction is mentioned once in the Old Testament (Lev. 19:18) and seven times in the New Testament (Matt. 19:19, 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Rom. 13:9; Gal. 5:14; James 2:8) It is the core Christian ethic for relating to others. The antithesis of loving others is selfishness. A central…

How can meals become places to see the presence of God? This is what Dean Nelson in God Hides in Plain Sight: How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World  explores in chp 2 of his new book. A Belgian couple found it difficult to eat in America — everyone was in such a hurry.…

In light of Jim Belcher’s response to Doug Pagitt’s own proposal for “progressional dialogue,” I want to weigh in with what I suggest is my own proposal for a Third Way.  I have been in contact with a few persons who wanted to know what I thought about Belcher’s response to Pagitt so here goes… First…

The following words of Peter are boundary-breaking theology, and as we have said a number of times, we are using Beverly Gaventa’s fine commentary on Acts for our conversation partner (The Acts of the Apostles (Abingdon New Testament Commentaries) ). 10:34 Then Peter started speaking: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in…

A “spam storm”: of a hundred comments an hour or more requires the catcha back on for a time. Bear with us and join the conversation. (Copy a long comment before posting, so you won’t lose the thought if the system times out or you type the captcha wrong.) This is the fourth in a…

Are there any new emerging proposals for what church is all about?  Jim Belcher, in Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional examines the emerging criticisms of the traditional and the traditional criticisms of the emerging. The issue is this: how can the church become more “shepherding” in how church works? (As I…

We flew to Buffalo and down to Luke and Annika’s to wish birthdays to Aksel, Annika, Pat and Kari — all at once! We had a wonderful time, and here are some pictures of Aksel’s favorite gift: golf clubs (and a book).

In Peter the church finds one who paved the path toward the Gentile mission. Paul gets all the credit, but Peter paved the way, and the speech is Acts 10 is breathtaking. On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him. 10:24 The following day…
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