No doubt experience shapes life. For the one who denies such, they are simply out of touch with reality. We have all gone through experiences based upon our culture, family upbringing, education, economic status and even church background. Such is unavoidable in life.

Paul even had these interesting words to say: Continue reading

In the last article, Defeating the ‘Hi and Fine’, we continued looking more at what God meant when He meant church, that is, when He meant us, the people of God, the body of Christ. The challenge is that, as we move past the simple conversations on Sunday’s consisting of the ‘hi and fine’ nature, we would now look to develop something deeper in our relationships.

This is deeper than discussing theology or the Sunday morning sermon. It’s what David Benner spoke of in his book, Sacred Companions: Continue reading

I want to go back to the reference in my last post in regards to the ‘Hi and Fine’ conversation. It went something like this: Continue reading

A few weeks back in  my first article about ‘church’,  we headed down the well-worn theological path of what is, or WHO is, the church. We said the Greek New Testament word for church is ekklesia. It simply means a ‘called out people’. Biblically, church is not a building, a day of the week, an institution or great programmess. It is the people of God called together for a purpose. Continue reading