Posts Categorized: Dialogue

Not Quite Right

One slightly unhinged pastor’s attempt to love (and laugh with) a slightly unhinged church, from the inside out.   We assume too much . . . and not enough Can we tell a better story about those different from us? by Joshua Bower Pardon the not-exactly-church-appropriate language, but here’s a saying I love: “When you… Read more »

Simplicity on the Far Side of Complexity

“I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes   Yes, I was that evangelical at the More Light Presbyterians conferenceHow evangelicals and progressives can cross the theological divide by Jodi Craiglow In… Read more »

TLC: Think Like a Christian

Seeking transformation through the renewal of our minds   Living a centered life Responding to Brandon Gaide’s “big tent” question about church boundaries by Jeffrey A. Schooley A couple months ago Brandon Gaide posed on this blog a really challenging question about the boundaries we set as a church. “Exactly how big is the tent?”… Read more »

A Mote in Minerva’s Eye

Seeing without categorizing   Heaven’s tent The boundaries of the Presbyterian family are determined by the Holy Spirit, not us. by Anita Coleman I’ve known a Heaven, like a Tent— To wrap its shining Yards—   Pluck up its stakes, and disappear— Without the sound of Boards
 Or Rip of Nail—Or Carpenter—
 But just the… Read more »