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Comment on An Epic Battle by Rev. Shawn

Rev. Shawn — Fri, 11 May 2012 04:10:29 +0000

Here! Here!!
I’m in … I want to be either Ironman or captain America!!! You can be Hulk or Thor … Let the battle begin !!

Comment on What The Church Can Learn From Canadian Politics by Random Blog Posts and Stuff « Cheese-Wearing Theology

Random Blog Posts and Stuff « Cheese-Wearing Theology — Sat, 05 May 2012 21:04:38 +0000

[...] Phillips writes, What the Church can learn from Canadian politics: …There are a lot of young people inside (and sadly outside) of the church with a lot of [...]

Comment on It’s Time to Re-Imagine by Shawn Ankenmann

Shawn Ankenmann — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:25:16 +0000

Wow!!!
Another kindred spirit – and THIS time, within the fold called The United Church.
Thank you for your words Nick, and thank you for being brave enough to speak them.
For the first time, after reviewing your blog I feel like there is still hope for this United Church of ours … there is a scattering of voices who are not offering apologetics for the Church as it is, but are daring to challenge us to be more …
One of my mentors said the Church needs to stop being a namby-pamby warm pink fuzzy social club, and MUST go back to being the Church – the very Body of Christ incarnate and present in the world.
In your words I hear a similar resonance … the Spirit is at work!!!
Peace my friend … I look forward to seeing where the Spirit will take us …

Comment on Good Friday by Herb Morrison

Herb Morrison — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:40:28 +0000

There is nothing much good about Good Friday, except for Jesus’ willingness to die for my Spiritual Redemption. Good Friday is a time to remember the Spiritual, emotional and physical pain, and physical death Jesus suffered for us. In order to fully appreciate the true significance of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, with all the positive feelings it nurtures, we should be willing to feel as much as possible the pain, suffering, and hopelessness experienced by followers of Jesus who were present at the time of His physical death on the cross, as unsavoury an experience as that might be for us. While this video is effectively done, it represents a attempt to find something positive about Good Friday when in fact, save for Jesus’ willingness to die for our sins, there is nothing much good about the events of Good Friday. Any attempt to soft-pedal the events of Good Friday can only detract from the significance of the Resurrection on Easter sunday. The Christ event chronicles a journey from the ultimate despair of Good Friday to the ultimate joy provided by the hope inherent in Jesus’ resurrection on Easter Sunday. As Christians we need to feel both the pain and the joy of the Christ event equally in order to fully appreciate and understand the significance of the events of Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Comment on You Learn Something New… by Annika

Annika — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:42:23 +0000

lol…Nick I agree with you, and we often come from different ends of the spectrum, so that’s saying something! I can’t say I’m a big fan of the language of the basis of union. So far in my time in ministry, I have only had two people tell me that they have actually done research on the United Church before coming. Those two people have told me eacatly what other other new folks have told me. They come because of what the United Church DOES and the stand we take on social justice issues. I like the parts of the new documents that uphold what we do and believe.