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When I was a young kid in the 1980s, my favourite summer activity was going to camp at the local Lutheran church. It was on a lake, so we could swim and play on a floating ‘island.’ We would hike, canoe and do crafts during the day, but the best part was at night when we would gather around a campfire and sing songs. There was one song that I loved the most. Continue reading “They Will Know We Are Christians by Our Love”
What will faith look like in the middle of the 21st century? Even now, we see faith growing to be less reliant on having an institutional church. There will still be an institutional church in some form, but I believe that it will no longer act as a gate keeper for the faith. Instead, the institution will be more a resource Continue reading “Worship and Service: Two Sides of the Same Love”
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
— Jesus (John 13:34-35)
Jesus gives his disciples this famous commandment to love one another. Can you command someone to love someone else? That just doesn’t seem right! There are some people in my life that I don’t necessarily have a lot of good feelings for, let alone love. I am not sure I can summon up the necessary feelings to love on command.