I’m working on transforming myself from a left-wing Christian into a… no-wing Christian. (We shouldn’t need wings to fly, ha-ha.)
There’s been this tension I’ve been experiencing recently. It’s been around politics, really. I am so far from having it worked out. I’ll probably continue to slip into old patterns when I don’t mean to. But [...]
January 27, 2008 – 5:35 pm
I believe that we live in a world that is not what it was meant to be.
I believe that the central problem with the world is a broken relationship with God.
I believe that God is a God of love, justice, and peace.
I believe that the closer our hearts are to God, the more we will [...]
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November 29, 2007 – 11:45 pm
Among those issues that I don’t feel that I’ve got worked out is how to be political. Part of the problem is that I’m quite passionate about this topic: I’m a raging left-winger. Obama is my guy for president. But I’d better stop myself from this track before I get started.
One of the reasons this [...]
November 23, 2007 – 6:45 pm
So I found myself in this theological mood, wanting to post something.
My natural tendency was to write about areas I’m sure I’m right.
And there are areas I’m sure I’m right.
As I was going through a mental list of issues that I’m pretty good at arguing, it occurred to me: at best this is all silly. [...]
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