Month: February 2011
Franciscian Prayer
As I drove to Seattle this week, driving across the snowy, congested Snoqualmie Pass...with slush on the roadway and giant semi-trucks on every side of me, I repeated this prayer...it seemed so fitting for a frightened heart. Of course, it is a prayer fitting for every day: Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, ...
Bonhoeffer on Discipleship
Dietrich Bonhoeffer observed, "In the Synoptic Gospels the relationship between the disciples and their Lord is expressed almost entirely in terms of following him." This is in contrast to religion in America, which is largely a consumer enterprise. Americans who think of themselves as Christians often describe their search for a more exciting sermon, more ...
Wisdom and Revelation
“When I hear people talk about what is wrong with organized religion, or why their mainline churches are failing, I hear about bad music, inept clergy, mean congregations, and preoccupations with institutional maintenance. I almost never hear about the intellectualization of the faith, which strikes me as a far greater danger than anything else on ...
A Love Affair of the Heart
For above all else, the Christian life is a love affair of the heart. It cannot be lived primarily as a set of principles or ethics. It cannot be managed with steps and programs. It cannot be lived exclusively as a moral code leading to righteousness. In response to a religious expert who asked him ...
Gail Johnsen 