Tag Archives: Diana Butler Bass
A Healthy Church Needs a Healthy Planet
The future of Christianity matters little if there are no human beings. Continue Reading A Healthy Church Needs a Healthy Planet
Sharing God’s Grace
Grace reminds us that every good thing is a gift. Continue Reading Sharing God’s Grace
What Does It Mean to Set Jesus Free?
COVID-19 forced Jesus out of the cathedral into the world, reminding Christians that church is not a building. Continue Reading What Does It Mean to Set Jesus Free?
A Movement of Inclusion
We need to allow the church to become a movement again. Continue Reading A Movement of Inclusion
Change Is Never Comfortable
How can we envision a new world when we have never fallen away from the old? Continue Reading Change Is Never Comfortable
Can We Be “Friends” with God?
Friendship is an eternal circle, the ceaseless reaching toward one another that strengthens us and gives us joy. Continue Reading Can We Be “Friends” with God?
Preaching “On the Mount”
The Sermon on the Mount Preaching “On the Mount” Tuesday, July 20, 2021 Popular religious scholar and friend Diana Butler Bass shares how Jesus’ teaching “on the mount” placed him in the lineage of Moses and other revered Jewish prophets. Jesus builds on his own Jewish tradition to call his hearers to transformative living. She… Continue Reading Preaching “On the Mount”
A Practical Twofold Process
Action and Contemplation: Part Three A Practical Twofold Process Wednesday, January 22, 2020 As in the early church, the desert Christians were deeply committed to Jesus’ teachings and lived practice. Their chosen solitude and silence were not anti-social but a way to become better at seeing clearly and at loving deeply. Withdrawal was for the sake of… Continue Reading A Practical Twofold Process
People of the Way
Following Jesus People of the Way Monday, January 21, 2019 Church historian Diana Butler Bass has brought new light to forgotten or misconstrued elements of Christianity. Today I share some of her research on what early Christians thought it meant to follow Jesus: Throughout the first five centuries people understood Christianity primarily as a way… Continue Reading People of the Way