“what both Jesus and Paul were saying is this: If you want to have a bountiful harvest, you have to plant. And if you want to plant, before you do anything you have to first have good soil. And even… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share Image
“for the next week we endured what can only be described as verbal abuse from anti-equality Christians. Truly, not all of those opposing marriage… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“for purposes of discussion, let’s just say it is time for the mainline church to start looking for the “next big thing” that will… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“if you have something capable of lighting up your whole house, why would you ever want to hide that light? The only logical thing… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“Carved in stone on the front of Old South Church in Boston is this inscription from the book of Revelation: “Behold, I Set Before… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“Fifty years ago there were no Little League games on Sunday mornings, and the stores stayed closed. But while we like to complain about… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“the United Church of Christ, has gone from more than two million members in 1957 (the year two denominations merged to form the current… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“when they’ve taken some time and then told me about their thoughts, at the core of nearly every answer is this: a sense that… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“we spend a lot of our time navel gazing. We talk about church decline, and whether or not to sell our buildings, and what… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“if we believe that being a Christian is about more than just works, and if we believe that who we are as children of… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“the suspicion of science is not based in actual Christian belief. My congregation full of educators and scientists disproves that. But the bumper sticker… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“It is charity only in the sense of the original meaning of the word, the one that comes from charis, or grace. And for… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“why are Christians generally regarded as such a dour bunch? I’ll confess that even I have thought of Christians that way. And when I’m… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“We must reacquaint ourselves with the Scriptures, learning to read them in life-giving ways. Truly, many of us have been deeply hurt by those… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“what both Jesus and Paul were saying is this: If you want to have a bountiful harvest, you have to plant. And if you… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
“churches and denominations must be in the business of actively helping to create disciples. Disciples, people who are actively being transformed by the grace… — Emily C. Heath Copy Share
