Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
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Lesson 45: God’s Word is Spoken
Read MORE: Lesson 45: God’s Word is SpokenLast week I suggested the Bible presents Christianity as an ongoing two- way conversation between God and his people. Lupe responded with an email that covered very well what I intended to say this week. I suggest you read her…
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Lesson 44: Conversation as Discernment
Read MORE: Lesson 44: Conversation as DiscernmentAs Bob makes clear, it is easier to make conversation around the meal a symbol than to implement it as an activity in any large gathering of the Church. However, I still think it deserves consideration in our time. The…
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Lesson 43: Conversation as Discernment
Read MORE: Lesson 43: Conversation as DiscernmentMy observation that Christian conversation and especially that which takes place around the communion table might be the most helpful way to discern God’s Word drew a number of responses. All of them expressed hope for this kind of creative…
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Lesson 42: How Do We Determine God’s Word – Community 4
Read MORE: Lesson 42: How Do We Determine God’s Word – Community 4When I began my ministry in the early 1960s everyone was talking about Eugene Carson Blake’s proposal for uniting the Church. He urged mainline Protestants to unify before they began trying to reconcile their theological differences. His point was once…
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Lesson 41: How Do We Determine God’s Word – Community 3
Read MORE: Lesson 41: How Do We Determine God’s Word – Community 3I find myself unable or maybe unwilling to do much while on vacation. So I decided to simply suggest you read this piece by Dorothy Solle that Sister Rita sent me. Dorothee Sölle was a free thinking German theologian who…
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Lesson 40: How Do We Determine God’s Word – Community 2
Read MORE: Lesson 40: How Do We Determine God’s Word – Community 2As Juan observes about history not being objective fact but a story continuously retold to make sense of our present and future, so too custom is an ever-changing guide to the Christian life. The community is continuously retelling it to…
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Lesson 39: How Do We Determine God’s Word – Community 1
Read MORE: Lesson 39: How Do We Determine God’s Word – Community 1Finding myself on vacation, I plan to be more anecdotal in the next couple weeks. Well, perhaps it has to do with more than my vacation. I think we have come to where we truly live our lives. That means…
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Lesson 38: How Do We Determine God’s Word – Clergy
Read MORE: Lesson 38: How Do We Determine God’s Word – ClergyChristians often check their inspiration with clergy. I was always being asked questions such as “Is it all right to cremate?” or “Will the Lutheran Church support my conscientious objection to the war?” At the beginning of my ministry people…
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Lesson 37: How Do We Determine God – Ceremony
Read MORE: Lesson 37: How Do We Determine God – CeremonyWe often overlook how ceremony determines what we regard as God’s Word. We learn a great deal of our Christianity by using the liturgy every week and reliving the Church Year annually. This ritual establishes the habits of the heart…
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Lesson 36: How Do We Determine the Word of God – Custom
Read MORE: Lesson 36: How Do We Determine the Word of God – CustomBob and Juan’s comments have led me to change my schedule for examining how we determine if our inspirations are worthy to be judged God’s Word. Bob continues to remind us there is always going to be differences of opinion,…
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So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!