Things are coming together nicely for the Sustainable Faith Collective – our new college focused ministry here at Missio! The Tampa and St. Petersburg college scene is missing something and it’s wearing down many searching for a faith that is inclusive, open-minded and justice oriented. We’re here to change that. We’re exploreing what it looks […]
Suffering & Prayer
This past Sunday I spoke on prayer. I talked about how one of the biggest reasons we don’t like praying is that we have no idea what God does with our prayers. I skimmed through three deeply theological ideas (which I’ll be blogging on in the near future) about God’s power and how our understanding […]
Does God Plan Rape?
It’s important that we ask tough questions. In many of our faith traditions questions were not allowed. I mentioned on Sunday that I’ve been called a “daemon,” “untrustworthy,” and “a crazy liberal” all because I asked questions about my faith, questions that scare people. A question I often asked early on my journey was, “If […]
Anxious Thoughts
Saturday morning I woke up and I had my usual dose of anxiety. It sucks, but its real. I usually wake up with anxiety, and since I’ve moved to St. Pete I haven’t been able to find a doctor for my normal medicine. Like I said, it sucks. But I also woke up praying. I […]
John Cobb on Prayer
Dr. John Cobb offers amazing insight into just about every theological areana. Here he is on prayer: “Jesus calls on us to give water to the thirsty. If a man asks for water that you could provide, and instead of giving it you pray for him, this prayer is not an expression of Christian piety. If instead […]
Prayer Redux – Part 2
In the first “Prayer Redux” I mention that the form of prayer that many of us have been taught in the Christian community is straight up, miserable. I concluded that there’s got to be a better response to this idea of what prayer can be, and Barbra Brown Taylor seems to think so aswell with her […]
How Shall I Pray?
In our series on prayer, I figured it might make just a tiny bit of sense to actually post a prayer 🙂 Below is a beautiful prayer written by Ted Loder, his ability to draw on the reality of lifes messiness through linguistic awesomness is exactly what I needed this morning. Enjoy… How shall I […]