How to choose a Church (A Challenge)

This week I was led to this article A Non-Churchgoer’s Guide For Finding A Church For Your Family. I was quite interested in what the author would have to say about how to choose a church.   This article however was not helpful at all since it was filled with all kinds of assumptions not based on how churches actually are. First, I want to say that I really liked Mr. Nick Shell’s article 8 Non-Religious Read More …

The “Work” of Lutheran Spirituality

Within Christianity I have learned that there are three realms to spirituality. Our connection to God. Our connection to others. Our connection to ourselves. If we only have one or two of the three, our spirituality is missing something.  This article is primarily about the first realm. Recently, I have come across several people who identify themselves as “spiritual.”  However, when prompted further, they couldn’t identity what makes them so.  I understand that within various Read More …

Liberal Legalism

On this New Year’s day I only have one thing on my mind.  I admit it’s kind of random for the first post of the year–legalism.  I have been kicking this idea around in my head so I decided to write on it. If your looking for definitions on legalism you can find it here, here, and here, so I won’t offer a definition beyond these. I became very familiar with legalism when I attended a Read More …