Category Archives: Belong

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We care about honest faith, real discussion, and the Church of God. We want many voices – including yours – to join us at this table. This space is where several of us, previously seminary colleagues and now ministers in various places, have committed to conversation about important topics of faith and practice.

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the institution of the church

Earlier this month, Jen raised a thought-provoking question:

today’s “If i had a blog…” post would be called:

WHY IT IS COOL TO LOVE THE INSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH AND TO STAY COMMITTED TO IT EVEN WHEN THINGS SEEM DIFFICULT.

i wish someone was writing about that.

Over the next several days, a few of us wrote public responses to this issue.  Here are links to our individual blog posts.  (In the future we hope to have posts like these located on this blog, for the sake of conversation and collaboration.)

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why we belong

We have so much in common, and yet we love our differences.  We share a common theological heritage, but we don’t always agree with each other.  We are ministers and missionaries, hopers and dreamers, thinkers and feelers, friends and companions.  We care deeply and laugh loudly.  We desire the best for each other, our congregations, and the movement which we call home.  We live in different parts of the world, but we yearn for the annual pilgrimage.  We are growing and being grown, shaping and being shaped, loving and being loved.

But most of all, we belong.

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