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“There is, however, something odd about this pattern. Other than joining a political party, it is hard to think of any other sort of community that people join by agreeing to a set of principles. Imagine joining a knitting group.…

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Why is it that the choice among churches always seems to be the choice between intelligence on ice and ignorance on fire?

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With social media, you have the chance to be the Lutherans that Luther imagined.

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Christianity did not begin with a confession. It began with an invitation into friendship, into creating a new community, into forming relationships based on…

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“To transform home is to transform the world.”

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“If we think of belonging only as membership in a club, organization, or church, we miss the point. Belonging is the risk to move beyond the world we know, to venture out on pilgrimage, to accept exile. And it is the risk of being with companions on that journey, God, a spouse, friends, children, mentors, teachers, people who came from…

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Doctrine is to be the balm of a healing experience of God, not a theological scalpel to wound and exclude people.

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“Spirituality is not just about sitting in a room encountering a mystical god in meditation or about seeing God in a sunset. Awe is…

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“Spiritual awakening is not ultimately the work of invisible cultural forces. Instead, it is the work of learning to see differently, of prayer, and…

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“The whole message of the Christian scripture is based in the idea of metanoia, the change of heart that happens when we meet God…

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“Although churches seem the most natural space to perform spiritual awakening, the disconcerting reality is that many people in Western society see churches more…

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