parables of a prodigal world

Gotta be honest. Can't wait for The Year One . Grace and Peace, Raffi

Imagine a healthy tissue containing thousands of cells. Each cell serves the greater good: a healthy whole body. All cells are in communication, which allows for the smooth repair and replacement of tissues and other aspects of cell behavior. Communication takes place either indirectly, via exchange of messenger compounds such as hormones and growth factors, or directly, via cell-to-cell contact. Contact allows cells to respond to the “feel” of neighboring cells, via cell adhesion molecules, and to exchange messenger molecules through cell-to-cell portals called gap junctions. With the help of proper communication, appropriate cells proliferate when new cells are needed, and when enough new cells have been produced, cell division stops. Cancer cells are the descendants of a normal cell in which something has gone wrong. In this normal cell, some kind of internal or external stress causes a mix-up in its genetic code (its DNA). This event is said to “initiate” the cell to a precancerous...

I ran into these two articles on the same day. Individually, not too interesting. Together, they made me sad, then ashamed, then angry. Grace and... Ah, never mind. Raffi

I write this to myself. You all are free to listen in. Is it just me, or are you seeing a lot of systematic-theology-esque fare creeping back into the Missional conversation? Statements of Faith. Theological formulations. OK, maybe not so much in areas like Atonement and Christology, but anyone else sensing a systematic comeback in areas like, say, Missiology and Ecclesiology? I can't pinpoint it, but I can smell it. I wouldn't want to isolate any specific examples... Well, maybe just one... "Somebody will have a stupid, screwy idea. That's okay. The point of having creeds and confessions and traditions is to keep us in touch with the obvious errors." -Eugene Peterson, via Out of Ur . Et tu, Eugene? For the love of God, RESIST !!!!!!! When it comes to ALL AND ANY theological categories... What do I believe? Look at my life!! What do I believe? Listen to how I tell my stories!!! What do I believe? How can I be of service to you!!! What do I believe? I believe in J...

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