In episode 6, I welcome the Rev. Gail Doering, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the transitional presbytery executive of the Presbytery of Southern Kansas. She has served in various churches around the west coast as pastor, associate pastor, and interim pastor. She shares her well read wisdom and insights about the state … Continue reading “F&C Brewcase S1E6: Gail Doering on the State of the Church Today”
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What Are We Learning?
I find it easy to get stuck in a certain way of thinking, living, and being. It’s easy to get comfortable, sink deep into our easy chairs, and rest in the belief that everything is just as it should be. And then something happens that knocks us out of our chairs. It knocks us right … Continue reading “What Are We Learning?”
Motivated by Love
I read an article by the Rev. Dr. John Wilkinson, in which he talks about the wretchedness of humanity. He wrote about how the Presbyterian Brief Statement of Faith, written in commemoration of the southern and northern Presbyterian denominations reuniting in 1980, after having split during the Civil War. In the debate about words, the … Continue reading “Motivated by Love”
My Lenten Fast to Reclaim Jesus
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. — Romans 12.21 (NRSV) Jim Wallis is the founder and president of Sojourners, a 45 year old community and organization in Washington, D.C., actively seeking peace in the world through the lens of following in the Way of Jesus. Wallis has written a dozen or so … Continue reading “My Lenten Fast to Reclaim Jesus”
The Madness of the Kin-dom: What Would Jesus Deconstruct?
It’s been five years since a “Faith Fight” broke out in Fountain Hills, Arizona, that sparked a bit of national news coverage. A number of my colleagues and I signed a statement in response to a six-week sermon series being given by several of the conservative evangelical pastors in Fountain Hills entitled, “Progressive Christianity: Fact … Continue reading “The Madness of the Kin-dom: What Would Jesus Deconstruct?”