January 2021 – Contemplating Grace

Podcast of Churchianity vs Christianity, Part 3

When our checkbooks primarily fund Sunday morning worship, we may be practicing Churchianity...

When our checkbooks primarily fund and our facilities primarily host Sunday morning worship, we may be practicing Churchianity...

Being a member of a church does not make one a Christian anymore than sitting in a garage makes one a car...

Being a member of a church does not make one a Christian any more than sitting in a garage makes one a car.

If we place the Church, instead of the Christ, at the heart of everything we do then we are practicing Churchianity instead of Christianity.

If we place the church, instead of Christ, at the heart of everything we do, then we are practicing Churchianity, not Christianity.

We are beloved children of God, but we cannot know this until we have integrated the gifts of the spirit into our everyday lives.

The kingdom that opens to those who become fully human is not a kingdom as understood in earthly terms...

The linking of the birth of the Christ-child with the winter solstice holds a profound message for us...