This piece is part of an on-going blog series called Plurality 2.0 (watch video here). Full schedule of guest authors throughout April and May is available here. Christine Sine is executive director of Mustard Seed Associates. She has written several books including Godspace: Finding Peace in the Rhythms of Life. She is passionate about helping [...]
Kingdom of God
This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God. Today, we will hear from Natalie Stadnick: The Kingdom of God. I didn’t grow up hearing that phrase bandied about. Ask about prevenient or sanctifying grace and I’ll give you a textbook answer – good little Methodist that I am. [...]
This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God. Today, we will hear from C. Scott Andreas: Like Adam, I work in web design and development, looking for ways to wield (subvert?) the black arts of marketing and IT for the Kingdom. I’m one of those guys pounding away [...]
This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God. Today, we will hear from A.K.M. Adam: It’s become a fad to distinguish a bad, imperialistic understanding of “the Kingdom of God” from a hip, open, “relational” understanding of “God’s Reign” — sometimes people even advance bogus arguments from the [...]
This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God. Today, we will hear from Erin Raffety: My confession is that I’d never thought very deeply about the kingdom of God on earth until my feet were practically straddling the US-Mexico border in the summer of 2003. I remember this [...]
This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God. Today, we will hear from Josh Brown: I got “saved” at age 16. I got “called to ministry” at 18. And then spent the next 8 years working for mega-churches, going to seminary, and attending trendy conferences. I was being [...]
This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God. Today, we will hear from Carol Howard Merritt: I’m pregnant and living in South Louisiana where I serve as a pastor in a tiny, rural congregation. And, as many expectant moms do, I have a craving. A particular, powerful yearning [...]
This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God. Today, we will hear from Julie Clawson: The Kingdom of God is like a well-cooked Italian meal. Now it might seem a bit strange to start off a reflection comparing the Kingdom of God to Italian food, but I recently [...]
This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God. Today, we will hear from Ryan Dobson: Blessing or Testing? I was at church a few years back and the pastor asked if we would be willing to tell stories about a time in our lives where we knew God [...]
This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God. Today, we will hear from Phyllis Tickle: The Kingdom of God as a phrase and as a concept or construct has been much on my mind over the last two or three years; and this, the best I can tally, [...]
