“Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” [Acts 10:47] Several years ago, church historian Justo González wrote a commentary on the book of Acts entitled Acts, the Gospel of the Spirit. It was written from an obvious Latino perspective, emphasizing the social, spiritual,ContinueContinue reading “REFRAMING OUR THINKING”
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A POSTSCRIPT ON BETHLEHEM
I declare this congregation, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, to be closed, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.[Service of Leave Taking; Evangelical Lutheran Worship-Occasional Services for the Assembly] I recited the above words for the first time in public on Sunday, December 28, 2014, at the end ofContinueContinue reading “A POSTSCRIPT ON BETHLEHEM”
FERGUSON – FIGURE OF FRUSTRATION
O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— 2as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations might tremble at your presence! [Isaiah 64:1-2] If I were toContinueContinue reading “FERGUSON – FIGURE OF FRUSTRATION”
Walking Together in Faith 