In this two-part series, DeGreecing the Church, our Curator, Mia Burke, connects with Christine Walker over the Hebraic Roots of our faith. They explore the historical move away from a Jewish worldview as Greco-Roman influence became dominant in church culture. This episode probes the differences between the two worldviews in the understanding of reality, perception of God and man, and finds a return to our roots opens a broader understanding of both the Bible and our faith.
Read MoreSecular and sacred. Formal words dividing reality into godly or ungodly, Christian or worldly. But is God’s creation so cleanly divided? God’s opening words during Creation, recorded in Genesis, state that everything He created is good.
In its intended state, it’s all good. Not to be naive or unrealistic, there are unredeemed and profane elements of our culture. However, God’s primary vocation is the business of redemption.
Read MoreI’ve been incredibly blessed to have had a circle of women a life stage ahead, who have selflessly poured into me: Mama Steph, Martha, Fran, and Mary Ann. I observed that they were all Boomers and Jesus Freaks (Boomers who, in one way or another, were saved and filled with the Holy Spirit during the 1960s-1970s). They boldly shared their stories leading up to their salvation and how that era impacted their lives/respective ministries
Read MoreI’ve often mused on what I see as thresholds of my life. Those turning points where an event, a word, a thought definitively changed me. I was never the same again. In light of that threshold theory, I carefully consider Adam’s assertion that there are three deaths: losing our naïveté, our innocence and ultimately our physical life. I’m Googling desperately looking for some Nietzsche, Kant, any German philosopher in which this idea can be attributed. No luck. So it's up to me, kinda.
Read MoreIn developing a blog, my first thought is that I should give you the rules of engagement. As in my class, we should first tackle the why, or as we say in the English/Creative Writing world- the "So what?" Why do this? Why go through the exercise of looking at our culture or a specific aspect of art through the lens of Christianity, history, philosophy, or the basic tenants of aesthetics? Why's it worth my time? Why bother to learn these elements of critical thought and dissect the things I'm coming into contact with? I'm glad you asked.
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