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In case you run across something stupid sounding on this site, please point it out to me, as gently as possible! This is a blog. I'd love for you to comment and interact around these subjects. (I'll send you a very kind note in the case of vulgar or inappropriate language or material, and remove posts of an inappropriate nature.) I consider myself to be constantly re-editing my life, as I believe God leads me to reconsider again. I am a human being under construction. Guess what? My ideas may change over time (and probably must, except in the deep understanding of Jesus as Lord and Savior). In the area of theology, I've had more training. The rest are things I've picked up along the way through courses, life interactions, being boldy curious, experimenting, or reading. When I review a book, make an editorial comment, or talk about a product or idea, I am expressing my personal views and not the views of a scientific, independent laboratory! I will represent viewpoints to the best of my ability. Be advised to carefully weigh several sources and specific counsel before making major life decisions. I believe one should have a solid Christian group of friends who can help you discern and decide. I will not be liable for omissions, extraneous facts, other people's opinions, wonderful imaginations, sleepless nights, damages or loss attributed to this blog. Also, the ideas and thoughts of this blog are not necessarily the views of my employer or the United Methodist Church. Lastly, this blog's purpose is not to make money. It is to create a conversation space to talk about how the church should, could and can be about Jesus in the ever-evolving social media world.

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"I am flabbergasted by the widespread refusal across this land to think big about a loving God. Like nervous thoroughbreds being guided to the starting gate at Churchill Downs, many Christians bray, bridle, and bolt at the revelation of God's all-embracing love in Jesus Christ.

In my ministry as a vagabond evangelist, I have encountered shocking resistance to the God whom the Bible defines as Love. The skeptics range from the oily, over-polite professionals who discreetly drop hints of the heresy of universalism, to the Bible thumper who sees only the dusty, robust war God of the Pentateuch, and who insists on restating the cold demands of rule-ridden perfectionism. . .  ."    --- Brennan Manning in The Ragamuffin Gospel

Theological landmines. Yep, there's that universalism. Yep, there's that holy side to God that can't be ignored. Yep, there's Bonhoeffer and his warning not to make grace cheap (ignoring the cost it was to God and not responding to God's love).

But . . . God is love. Period. 

How often I forget to end the sentence there: God is love.

His love is absolutely astounding, extravagant, almost non-rule bearing, deep, wide, and everything we stake our life upon.

His love is life itself.

 


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