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Faith and work

My flight to Philadelphia was scheduled to leave at 11:35 AM. But there was no plane at the gate at 11:30 AM, which was obviously a bad sign. About that time the ticket agent explained the plane was ready and sitting in the hanger about a quarter mile away, but there was no one to move the plane to the gate. A classic worker shortage situation.

The drama continued for a few hours as they scrambled for crew, extra ticket agents, and maintenance staff. Eventually they cancelled the flight. I won’t bore you with the (irritating) details.

There’s a misplaced …

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Messy Viewpoints

There are seemingly endless expressions of how to do church. It’s something I love about my faith because there are always new, creative, interesting things happening. The church is not homogenous, thank goodness. 

This is true globally of course. Cultures, traditions, languages, and contexts all contribute to the diversity. 

It’s also true locally. It’s expressed through dozens of denominations, traditions, and teaching or worship styles. 

Despite all these options, most of us, most of the time, attend one kind of church. The upside of this is we come closer to true unity because we surround ourselves with people who think …

Random Thoughts,

Signs of Hope

For years I’ve espoused the excellence of the devotional book Celtic Daily Prayer. This was the daily reading for May 11th:

How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a land that we feel is still strange to us?

Part of our task is to recognize signs of hope, outcrops of the Kingdom, to recognize works of the Spirit even where God’s Name is not named.

We can waste so much energy assuming everyone is against us, and in reacting defensively. Whoever is not against us is for us. This may be the time to form spontaneous coalitions between