I'm particularly struck by how Marcus Borg and Dominic Crossan support Brian's view that the past and the present can serve to inform our actions. They suggest that two questions be asked of scripture: What did the passage mean to individuals at the time it was written, and what does it mean for us today. Thoughtful answers to these questions honor the past as well as providing the foundation for living in today's world...and it keeps from the tyranny of labeling.

Posted at February 12, 2008 4:29 PM in response to 'Gospel Voters' and a Return to Prophetic Faith

Annie, thanks for your post. We so need the gifted among us, such as yourself, to provide the rest of us with the courage to claim again the foundations of the Christian faith. Now if I could only get my preacher to worry more about what Jesus was trying to get us to understand, instead of worrying about meeting the budget.....

Posted at June 12, 2005 1:26 PM in response to Culture, Sort of