Posts Tagged "God"

We live in a very strange time. The old Chinese proverb” may you live in interesting times” was a curse originally and many of us feel like we live under that curse. It is an interesting time of reversal. For instance, just a couple months ago grocery stores all over the country banned plastic bags and wanted you to bring your own reusable cloth bags. As with anything in modern consumerism, this became a form of both utility but also...

Vermont Hills United Methodist Church Transcend Transform Transgress Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:12:58 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:12:58Part of Sunday’s live-stream was a ‘sermon’ … but you will definetly want to read the sermon notes if this idea appeals to you at all....

People use the word ‘God’ in different ways and don’t all mean the same thing. Pastor Bo outlines the 5 broad categories that people think of when they think of ‘God’. Part of the  “Words Make Worlds” series The words that use help us interpret our experience – but they also create our experience at some level. You can also listen to the podcast audio...

Vermont Hills United Methodist Church 5 Levels of God (sermon) Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:11:08 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:11:08People use the word ‘God’ in different ways and don’t all mean the same thing. Pastor Bo outlines the 5 broad categories that people think of when they...

What would it look like for you to be fully human? Is Jesus a good model for that? If Jesus was less than human because he was actually God in disguise (bad theology) then what do we lose with him as an example (or exemplar)? I like to ask people a series of questions: How did Jesus heal? Was Jesus good at math? Did Jesus even have diarrhea? Did Jesus know people’s futures? The problem with answering “he was God” too...