Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…
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Lesson 6: Sharing
Read MORE: Lesson 6: SharingWhen I at first asked my face-to-face discussion groups to define friendship, I got the answers I expected. They seemed to say the same things as early Christian writers. For instance, they echoed what Ambrose wrote in 340 AD: “Friends…
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Lesson 10: Bible
Read MORE: Lesson 10: BibleLast week, I suggested the church of the future might well be a community of friends who gather face-to-face to share a lifestyle that suits following Jesus in our time. Every indication points to these groups engaging in more Bible…
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Lesson 21: Conclusion
Read MORE: Lesson 21: ConclusionBob suggested another challenge to Christian Ethics might be that people who certainty. I got that all the time during my ministry. Many said they missed the old days when you were told what was right and what was wrong.…
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Lesson 12: Community Loyalty (Sandel, Chapter 9)
Read MORE: Lesson 12: Community Loyalty (Sandel, Chapter 9)If I asked you who you are, chances are you would describe yourself with a list of the groups to which you belong: your family, neighborhood, ethnic group, town, and nation, as well other social affiliations. Sandel claims these communities…
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Lesson 11: Aristotle’s Justice (Sandel, Chapter 8)
Read MORE: Lesson 11: Aristotle’s Justice (Sandel, Chapter 8)Aristotle believed humans are political creatures by nature. He thinks this is apparent when we see how our speech enables us to relate to one another quite differently than beasts or gods. Politics not only gathers us into communities for…
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Lesson 18: So Where is the Basis for Ethics Found?
Read MORE: Lesson 18: So Where is the Basis for Ethics Found?I began suggesting people often claim they go to Church to find a basis for ethics. Public figures on television often try to show their morality by reporting, “I grew up in Church.” I then suggested these people are often…
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Lesson 10: A Nourishing Community
Read MORE: Lesson 10: A Nourishing CommunityI began my ministry at a time when the liturgical renewal was urging congregations to celebrate Communion every week. Coincidental with this was the house church movement in which small groups began sharing meals and and conversation. Sometimes this was…
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Lesson 8: Nurturing Community
Read MORE: Lesson 8: Nurturing CommunityLet’s resume examining Practical Christianity, that part of the Christian life that does not necessarily involve the supernatural. In my ministry, I found many people came to church or sent their children, not because they wanted to worship, but because…
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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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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!