Shadow Rock

I will be sending two letters out to the congregation this month.  Each letter represents an important milestone in our ministry together.  The first milestone is getting to the place of a balanced budget and the second has to do with re-instating a contemporary theology course. 

Balancing the budget.  What a surprise the church has its hand out, AGAIN!  Yes, the church has its hand out, again, and without apology. An extended hand is a hand that can receive as well as give.  An extended hand is a conduit by which much is received and much is given. 

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During the Super Bowl there will be an ad sponsored by Focus on the Family.  The content of the ad, "   ... celebrates a woman who ignored medical advice to have an abortion. The fact that the ad will air on Super Bowl Sunday and that the child she delivered is a football star makes it all the more insidious.

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In his book, Falling in “Love with Mystery” Richard Elliott writes about Spirituality as “the dynamic in our lives which enables us to relate in a healthy fashion to the full reality of our situation.”

WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?

This was a very important question for me as I served in the role of Chaplain for an in-patient drug and alcohol recovery program. 

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What a great people!  What a great congregation!

 Last night we had a conversation about the Wedding Statement” (see previous blog titled Weddings). The discussion went very well and led to a heightened awareness of the relationship between politics and faith. 

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There are several challenges related to weddings.

• Weddings are viewed more and more as private and secular family events.
• The church buildings are seen and used as “wedding chapels” without regard of the congregations that sustain the buildings and what the congregations stand for.
• A consumer mentality drives a couple’s relationship with the “church” they wish to use for their wedding.

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