Why we need to go to Church

"Through worship God trains his people to take the right things for granted. When Christians gather they learn to value every person God has made, big, small, bright, slow, not because they are each individuals with rights (which inevitably conflict) but because each one has been given gifts by God that the Church needs to receive if it is to be faithful. When Christians confess their sins they recall the passion and recklessness of God and realize that every saint has a past and every siner has a future. When Christians listen to Scripture they remember that God's purposes can never be limited by the meanness of the human imagination. When Christians share bread together they rediscover that every person brings different things to the table but each receives back the same. When Christians are sent out they are reminded that each one has a vocation to witness and service and that ordinary discipleship can find an elixir in the words 'for thy sake.' Worship is the time when God trains his people to imitate him in habit, instinct, and reflex." Wells & Hauerwas

Read this post on joy

Ben Myers on his blog Faith & Theology has posted a wonderful blog on joy. READ IT.

Church on the Street

One of my good friends from the University of Aberdeen is leading an incredible ministry to the 'least of these'. We MUST learn from him. If we, academics and students, continue to fear or disregard the homeless we will never see God. Lord give us eyes to see.



Great work, Andy!

The Holy Spirit in the World Today Conference

Last week Archbishop Rowan Williams, Miroslav Volf, Jürgen Moltmann, David Ford, Thomas Smail and other notables came together at Holy Trinity Brompton Church to discuss the role of the Holy Spirit. The audio files for the lectures including the discussions can be downloaded from the St Mellitus College website. More info on the conference can be found on Holy Trinity Brompton's website.

What Sunday Morning Church is Becoming

Coming to a neighborhood nearby - the Church of Cool


"Sunday's Coming" Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo.