Over the past two months we have been having a lot of fun talking about John 14:6. The release of Brian McLaren’s new book Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?: Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith World and our subsequent live event with him at Wild Goose West (audio here) got us started. Then … Continue reading »
This is part of a series over the next 2 days of posts that were written a month ago. It is interesting to read them now. I will tweak the intros to each, but I fear that they will be ongoing issues until we seriously revisit some of our flimsy thinking behind these subjects. Yet … Continue reading »
by Bo Sanders [I initially wrote this for Ethnic Space & Faith but thought it would be fun to cross pollinate.] Despite what the caller said on this week’s ‘Take Them to Task’ segment from the Smiley & West show said, race is still an issue in North America – not everyone is color … Continue reading »
This begins a series over the next 2 days that were written a month ago. It is interesting to read them now. I will tweak the intros to each, but I fear that they will be ongoing issues until we seriously revisit some of our flimsy thinking behind these subjects. Hurricane Sandy was only one … Continue reading »
In the a recent episode of Homebrewed Christianity, I asked Rob Bell what he would do if he were starting from scratch again. I was particularly intrigued for three main reasons: 1) I actually am starting a new gathering so I wanted to pick his brain. 2) Bell is so creative and innovative – who … Continue reading »
Seven days ago I voted for the very first time. I wasn’t sure I wanted to puncture the seal – cross that threshold – and break my long string of abstaining. Here is the background on why I have never voted: In High-school my family moved from the Chicagoland area to Saskatchewan, Canada. After High-school … Continue reading »
There are two distinct kinds of differences (among many) that show up in my dealings across the religious landscape. The first kind of difference is a seemingly superfluous, ‘icing on the cake’ kind of difference. This is when you share a large majority of opinion or agreement with someone but in the end you diverge … Continue reading »
Last month Brian McLaren posted a very interesting note from a former fan who was feeling the need to ‘break ranks’ with the author over his position regarding homosexuality. I wanted to post part of it here for several reasons. I have been saying that ‘People Do Change Their Minds’. We talked about Brian doing … Continue reading »
Since John 14:6 is not about other religions … in fact, it doesn’t mention ‘salvation’ either. So if we can not use that verse either about other religions or salvation (since it is relational and a disciples invitation) then what other verse – or other place – would you start at? Now I want to … Continue reading »
I love John 14:6. I take so much encouragement from it and it challenges me deeply. I love John 14:6 but I do not like what many today are doing with it: hiding behind it as a catch-all explanation for other religions… Here is what I love about the passage and the three things I … Continue reading »
