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Category Archives: Biblical Story
Will our children have faith?
How can the church be a community that nourishes and nurtures the faith of our children and youth to live as God’s missional people in the world? Recently researchers concluded that there seems to be an “alternative faith” among American … Continue reading
What’s in a Name?
Want to know what a childless immigrant family and a black preacher have in common? I recently read Genesis 11-12 and soon found out. Genesis 11 tells the famous story of the Tower of Babel. The people want build a … Continue reading
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Dead Words, Living Word
Whenever I preach, I like to sing this simple Celtic tune before the scripture is read. Listen to the Word that God has spoken Listen to the one who’s close at hand. Listen to the Word behind creation. Listen even … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Story, Empire, Exile, God's Word, Sermons
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A journey with biblical proportions
My journey with Scripture began as a child growing up in my home congregation, the Prairie City Church of the Brethren. While my family was all happily Christian, as well as my father being a pastor’s kid, we did not … Continue reading
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Whose Story Is This Anyway?
The Bible has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I can picture the blue, hardcover illustrated Bible my parents read to my brother and me at bedtime, with its vivid depictions of Noah’s ark, … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Story, Christian Practices, Pilgrimage
Tagged Bible, Eugene Peterson, Narrative, Pilgrimage
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My Bible Autobiography: Storybooks, Comic Books and Real Scripture, Part 2
(Continued from previous post) New Life and Death By the time I entered college, I had gone about as far as the prescribed morning devotional reading and topical Bible studies (all on the New Testament) would take me on their … Continue reading
My Bible Autobiography: Storybooks, Comic Strips and Real Scripture, Part 1
[This is Part 1 of the first in a series of posts on autobiographies with scripture.] Mom, Read Me a Story Children’s Bible storybooks in their paraphrased and abridged liberties, while certainly not scripture themselves, provided the bulk of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Narrative, Pilgrimage
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Living Holiness: From Excarnational to Incarnational Faith, Part 3
Our Christian faith involves knowing God “in the biblical sense” as one of my former professors in seminary once said. We must once gain reclaim our embodied faith through formative practices such as worship, communal scripture reading, footwashing, regular communion, … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Story, Character, Christian Practices, Embodied Faith, Footwashing, Mennonites, Potlucks
Tagged Books, Character, Embodied Faith, Hauerwas, Mennonites
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