a church (re)Wired - Progressive Christianity

We may feel a need to tell a new story because the old story no longer works at a localised point. A colleague recently published something saying too many people are dying without Jesus... as though that meant they are bound for hell. That part of the traditional expression of Christianity just does not work for me. It makes God a monster... We need to deal with those “local” or specific instances where the story runs aground against our reality.

But there can be a much wider problem, and that's what I want to deal with in this article. We can arrive at a moment when none of the old Christian story works. We are like the politician who gets up one morning and can see no reason to continue. The fire, the purpose, the passion, are all gone... Read on >>>>