Son of Man

  Son of man You called Yourself! Though Son of God You are Son of Adam You became Outrageously claiming our identity Laying no blame Embracing our sordid history Shocking in Your refusal To stand separate from our misery   You, who are the spoken Word, Creation’s unmatched sound Breaking violently into the awkward silence Upending … Continue reading Son of Man

Discerning the Body Part Three

  It was the apostle     Paul, under influence of the Holy Spirit, who gave us the word picture of church-life being like the life of a healthy, functioning human body.  “The church, which is His Body”, he wrote (Eph. 1:22, 23).   If he were alive today Paul would no doubt have great difficulty aligning this … Continue reading Discerning the Body Part Three

Discerning The Body, Part Two

The oneness of Christ’s Body is something we are rarely encouraged to consider.  From a safe distance we smile suspiciously at those believers who don’t practice Christianity the same way we do, or who embrace a different view on non-foundational interpretations of scripture.  Somewhere in our journey we became convinced that our little crowd, our … Continue reading Discerning The Body, Part Two

Discerning the Body

Do you long for real connection with the Body of Christ?  Are you tired of all the theories, platitudes, and empty rhetoric about the blessing of being part of His Body while you search for the tangible evidence of that presumed blessing?  Is there really a community of people on this earth that continually loves, … Continue reading Discerning the Body