Thoughts from Transitional Pastor Bob Brite: My theology professor, Clark Williamson, once told our class that sometimes God, when working towards a stronger order in creation, has to do some tearing down of the existing order to get the stronger order established. In the midst of that process, chaos happens.
Part of the Lenten journey for me (or the human one, for that matter) is a struggle to come to terms with my smallness, or insignificance, in the scheme of things.
Adam and Jesus were both sons of God; the difference between them was that Adam didn’t trust God, and Jesus did.
I want to remind folks that just because our building has been damaged, that doesn‘t mean we stop being Christian.
Celebration is a necessary part of life. If you don’t have the high points, you can’t survive the low points. Celebrations typically mark the accomplishing of something – an end – or the commencing of something – a beginning.
In case you haven’t heard, the congregation of First Christian Church, Minneapolis decided by an over 85% margin to relocate into the ecumenical setting with Lyndale United Church of Christ and Salem English Lutheran Church at a common Ministry Center at 28th and Garfield.
Sometime over the (New Year’s) weekend, somebody put some graffiti on our sign out on 1st Avenue. They sprayed “No God!!” on the plexiglass announcing our service times. Most of it has been cleaned off by this point (thank you to whoever did the cleaning), but it got me to wondering: What was the soul more »
Interim Pastor Bob Brite talks about the recent snowstorm and some recent decisions regarding the future of First Christian.
First Christian’s Advent time, our kairos time, is one of working towards newness of life.
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