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#SV: Last First
Loving All the Wrong People
“Only we have the Spirit.” I was taught this in my church growing up; and then I found that every religion says the same thing. Isn’t that interesting? There’s a phrase for this; it’s called group narcissism. It has nothing to do with love for God; it isn’t a search for truth or love. It’s a grasping for control, and every group at its less mature stages of development will try to put God into the pocket of its own members-only jackets! Why do I say something so unequivocal? Because I dare you to find a world religion that doesn’t do this. … Continue reading Loving All the Wrong People
#SV: The Promised Division!
#SV: How much?
The Delight of Diversity
One of the most wonderful things I find in this naming of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is its affirmation that there is an intrinsic plurality to good ness. Just hold on to that, all right? Good ness isn’t sameness. Goodness, to be goodness, needs contrast and tension, not perfect uniformity. If Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all God yet clearly different, and we embrace this differentiation, resisting the temptation to blend them into some kind of amorphous blob, then there are at least three shapes to pure goodness. (And of course, probably more.) God’s goal, it seems to … Continue reading The Delight of Diversity
Alongside One Another 