We can’t have healthy, Jesus-based discussions on identity and vocation, roles and purposes, until we admit what it is that Jesus has really called us to do. There is a myth we cling to that blinds us to who we are: “People get their worth and identity from their job.” And the church, which…
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What Does Christian Vocation Look Like?
“Therefore, restoring identity and recovering vocation must be the focus of a biblical understanding of human transformation.” (WWP) If our vocation is to be working for the kingdom by loving God and loving others, what exactly does that look like? What does it mean to love something, someone? What does it mean to love…
Being an Image of God
My goal for this series is to explore the ideas of identity and vocation and how they can apply to our lives. All of this discussion and the opinions coming out of it are held very loosely, but because these are such important topics, it’s worth wrestling with them a bit. For example, when…
Identity and Vocation, Defined
What is identity? What’s vocation? Why are they important? When you do figure out a definition, how does it affect your life? I’m going to spend the rest of the month digging into Identity and Vocation, and what it means for us. A lot of the ideas for this series come from Walking with…
Finding God in the Rituals
She said God is not in that church. They say they don’t understand the standing and sitting, the rote prayers, a service that is emotionless and meaningless. They say that God transforms through people, not ’empty religious rules and rituals’. And they built a church on that premise, and for many other reasons, I…
The Withness of God
O Come O Come Emmanuel piano/cello (Beautiful. Play it.) Rejoice, Rejoice, Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel Why are the strains of this hymn always slow and haunting? It sounds beautiful, even meaningful, in a Christmas carol, but is it really?
Cultivate A Broader Perspective
“It’s very important to have a broader perspective. Torture has gone on, kind of everywhere and every time.”Anderson said. “It’s not a novelty, and in conflicts, bad stuff happens, so it should not surprise us.” A broader perspective brings our own little world into view. When we open our eyes to the people of…
31 Days to Loving the World
I’ve had serious writer’s block since Story, which is odd. You’d think that after being so creatively inspired I’d be bleeding ideas. But no. I did have a couple of ideas today, after trying and trying to figure out how to write about what I want to write about. And then I saw that this month…
Story Made Alive
How 3 Books Turned Me Into A Feminist
“I think she’ll be a good pastor,” I said. We were talking about my friend, who was headed to seminary. The reply came swift, full of certainty and disapproval. “The Bible is clear that women can’t be pastors, so if she gets that wrong, what else is she going to get wrong?” ***** I…