http://belovedschurch.org Called out of our isolation and into community, fumbling into God's grace, daring to listen deeply to the Spirit and each other, and freed by Christ to work, rest, dream, and play in God's kingdom, mysteriously engaging with the Trinity in healing the world. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:36:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://belovedschurch.org/about-us/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Ryan Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:25:43 +0000 http://bestlives.net/wpress/?page_id=78#comment-527 Mostly cause we like it.  We mostly like it cause God is constantly creating.  So, seems like a good idea to me.  Why do you create art? Mostly cause we like it.  We mostly like it cause God is constantly creating.  So, seems like a good idea to me.  Why do you create art?

]]> http://belovedschurch.org/about-us/comment-page-1/#comment-526 curious Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:48:30 +0000 http://bestlives.net/wpress/?page_id=78#comment-526 Why does Church of the Beloved believe in creating art? Why does Church of the Beloved believe in creating art?

]]> http://belovedschurch.org/about-us/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Ryan Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:56:25 +0000 http://bestlives.net/wpress/?page_id=78#comment-345 Very astute! They're not all Christian traditions... but each of these represent histories that people from Beloved come out of and the risen Christ is working to redeem each of our pasts in light of the Cross and Resurrection. Could you imagine what God is doing to not waste, but to even work for good in someone's genuine agnostic quest to know "Is there a God?" ...how might that reveal the idols of God that we make to serve us? For some people, asking, "Where was God at work in your life to bring you to the grace of Jesus in your (for instance) Baptist background" is just as offensive as asking the same question about someone's wiccan background. What's true is that God is always at work in every situation to draw us to the grace of Jesus. The thing that makes us Christian are not these differences, rather it's the work that Jesus is doing to make us one family. Great question and thanks for asking "Name"! Very astute! They're not all Christian traditions… but each of these represent histories that people from Beloved come out of and the risen Christ is working to redeem each of our pasts in light of the Cross and Resurrection. Could you imagine what God is doing to not waste, but to even work for good in someone's genuine agnostic quest to know “Is there a God?” …how might that reveal the idols of God that we make to serve us? For some people, asking, “Where was God at work in your life to bring you to the grace of Jesus in your (for instance) Baptist background” is just as offensive as asking the same question about someone's wiccan background. What's true is that God is always at work in every situation to draw us to the grace of Jesus. The thing that makes us Christian are not these differences, rather it's the work that Jesus is doing to make us one family. Great question and thanks for asking “Name”!

]]> http://belovedschurch.org/about-us/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Name Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:41:19 +0000 http://bestlives.net/wpress/?page_id=78#comment-346 How are agnosticism and wicca Christian traditions? How are agnosticism and wicca Christian traditions?

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