Cross Purposes

“Right now, at this moment in history, the cross of Christ, the sword of God, is clarifying for us the reality of the world with all the sharpness and force of a cosmic MRI machine.”

“We come together as church because Christ has called us as disciples, called us each by name just as he called those original twelve. Christ has given us a commission, just as he gave those twelve.”

“The Holy Trinity, all three persons, is in us and with us and for us, always, all the time, alive and mysterious, all around us as the wind, inside of us as our breath.”

“In a community filled with the Spirit, God is made visible in God’s work done by the hands of God’s gathered people.”

“Let’s blab the secret of God’s love, justice, and compassion to the whole world so that God’s kingdom is seen and known everywhere.”

“We know in our hearts that God’s reign on earth is one of joy and above all of justice.”

"The 'faith' I’m talking about is not a set of beliefs in propositions spelled out in logical language, but faith as a disposition of the spirit, faith as a habit of the heart.”

“Lent is a time to ask ourselves how deeply we really care that the kingdom of God becomes more visible in the broken world we live in.”

“As Christians we must understand our scriptures and our history. We must consciously avoid understandings that set us up as superior to other human beings. We must recommit to the understanding that anti-Semitism—and discrimination against any minority group—has never been something God has asked of us.”

“God loves us, God loves all people, and God wants us to love each other. That’s the really good news, and we should be telling—and more importantly—showing that good news to as many people as we can.”