"marginalized" Tagged Touchpoints

"marginalized" Tagged Touchpoints

Touchpoint: What should we do? Watercolor painting of John the Baptist looking at brood of vipers

The Good Bad News

“Am I more disturbed that John’s words predict a God of love cutting fruitless trees down and burning them then the suffering of those around me? What weighs heavier on me, the threat to my theology concerning John’s image of a punishing God, or those mentioned who are cold and hungry?”
Touchpoint: On this rock I will build my church. Image of Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center fountain featuring rock formation.

Come Again to Whose Church?

“We wait for people to come to our institutions called churches. Sure, we advertise, put banners up, and do social media blasts welcoming others to come in. But there’s a dozen different messages once you go into the church, very few of which are declaring people as being enough, just as they are, before God. No, they need more literature and more ritual to belong. Perhaps we need to touch the deep longing within humanity searching to belong.”