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When I look at the cross, a simple thing of woodcut, painted with glitter glue by my children, It reminds me that there is suffering in this world, and love. I can't explain either, but that does not make them less real.

Is it possible to love without freedom? Can there be freedom without the potential for suffering?

I can be measured, but I can't be proven to exist. Some people experience more of me than others. Some people experience me differently than others. But everyone experiences me. I slow down the faster you go. I fly and I crawl, I run away from you frequently. I am always...

In the spirit of discussion and polite debate, :) "Saved from what?" must be one of the most common questions Christians get from others. How do you answer this question? What does it mean to be saved? Our Bible sutdy group started Romans Chapt 10 this morning. We got all of 4 lines...

A place to post about St. Julian of Norwich and her theology of Love. You are Love, and you are the Maker, and everything which is made endures, and will always endure, because you love it; and thus everything has being through your love.

Well, do you? :)

I think I tend to quote from the gospel of John and the first letter of John most often, and that's because I like the high Christology and the message that God is love which is so emphasized by John. Do you find that there are books or parts of the Bible you refer to more often than others...

How do you recognize/define a prophet? Do prophets tell the future, or tell us Truth, or both? Who in the NT would you say were prophets? Why? Are there prophets today? Who? If you think so, are they different from prophets of the Bible?

So, I've long recognized that God is not falsifiable, so as far as that goes atheists are on no firmer ground than theists. And I've recently become satisfied that the existence of God is completely consistent with the universe as we know it through science and philosophy. This is just my...

Hi All, I thought this study is kind of interesting. Seems that the biggest changes have been a decrease in mainline churches (other than Catholic) and an increase in 'no religion.' See how U.S. religious landscape has changed in nearly 2 decades - USATODAY.com

Not sure where to put this. Just wanted to let you know that I've been sick so that's the main reason I've not been following my active threads. Nothing serious and feeling better. I may not be around as much for the next weeks because I've once again got a lot piling on my plate...

But I think there are alternatives other than 'a literal reading of all the Bible' and 'pick n choose what suits me.' We can't read the Bible without interpreting it. The question then is, how do we interpret it. Muslims and Baha'is interpret the NT in manner very different from Christians...

This springs from a question I had for wil in the Resurrection thread. Wil, if I understood you correctly you said that you think the Resurrection could have happened, even though you don't think there is sufficient proof that it did. So, a question for wil and everyone, do you accept the...

Our next seminar topic is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Our lesson readings walked us through all the arguments people give for the Resurrection not being an actual historical event. I may post some of that here as I prepare for class. One interesting point of the reading is that...

Shall we pitch our tent On this mountaintop You and I And stay here ‘till The last light fades? Shall we be safe And cling tight to this rock As the wind Churns the valley below And the seas go dry? Shall we stay On this crag Glory on our face Silence in our heart And silence...

I put my last Christmas decoration away today, so Christmas is officially over in the lunamoth household. Just in time for Lent. :D

Next Monday I am scheduled to lead a discussion on the Kingdom of God in my theology seminar (adult study). Part of our reflection will consider what the KOG means to people in different churches. In this thread I would like to hear your thoughts about the KOG, and especially as presented from...

OK, I've got my Christian Theology reader handy (Alister McGrath, third edition) and I'd like to discuss atonement theology. :) I'll preface by saying that I'm interested in this topic because there are some flavors of atonement theory that I find unhelpful, to say the least. One being the...

And many happy returns of the day. :D

The Great Emergence by Phyllis Tickle. I just picked it up and am starting it tonight. Anyone else read it yet?