I attend a church where we celebrate the Lord’s Supper or Eucharist on a weekly basis–actually, we celebrate it on Sunday and on Wednesday. Recently, we have been using a liturgy for the Eucharist that comes from the church in Kenya and includes this prayer:
O God of our ancestors, God of our people, before whose [...]
I remember walking up to a hut in Zambia, the first hut I ever visited, and meeting a dear elderly couple. Their son had returned from the city, and he was “sick” (he was dying of AIDS). We sat outside on seats made of scraps of wood that had been nailed together while our hosts, [...]
Over Christmas, while sitting in the airport waiting for one of the few planes that actually made it into Portland before Christmas Eve, I learned something that turned my world upside down. “…the church needs to remember that justice is God’s business. God’s people are important but are secondary players in this cause. The gospel [...]
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Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile by Rob Bell
