Seems Like God…

This affirming statement of God’s diversity was itself crafted by people of diverse traditions.

Rejoice!  God is coming to the Christmas Party.

Sometimes, even God takes out ads – Football player Tim Tebow makes John 16:33 Number 1 Google search.

Advent II – Peace. Not by the sword, but by the transformation that comes from living the message of Christ’s agapé.

Where did we ever get the idea that religion is supposed to dour and grim?  Celebrate!

About Reflections on Life and Faith
I’m not a great believer in “labels.” Is Life and Faith liberal, or progressive, or spiritual, or inclusive, or …. ? In some sense, it’s all of those things. My faith background is “mainline” Christian. Life and Faith, therefore, is Christian as well. 
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I  came up with the graphic that adorns the masthead of Life and Faith several years ago when I was writing a piece about how God influences our lives. At the time, I was working on a rebuttal to the evangelical/conservative/Hollywood image of God as a guy in white robes wielding thundbolts on unworthy human [...]

Mike is a tattoo artist.  He’s also my cousin.
When my sons were still living at home they would occasionally get some friends together for a tattoo party. The variety of designs that end up adorning shoulders, backs, and various other locations was endlessly interesting. I find the skill with which Mike and other artists wield [...]

Okay, this isn’t a very original thought….
What is it that mainline churches, and by that I mean those churches/denominations that acknowledge the validity of a variety of approaches to the Divine, can offer “the public” to attract them into fellowship?
After all, if we’re saying that we’re not uniquely qualified to lead people into relationship with [...]