A prayer from Henri Nouwen

A prayer from Nouwen’s book A Cry for Mercy: Why do I keep relating to you as one of my many relationships, instead of my only relationship, in which all other ones

The Church You Know

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” TheChurchYouKnow.com is poking fun at the silly ways we try to be the church, but for a purpose: We intend to stimulate, to

A thumbnail sketch of the kingdom of God

Mark D. Roberts on what the church is supposed to be: The Christian ekklesia was meant to be an alternative society, a thumbnail sketch of the kingdom of God. So, for example, in