Posts Tagged: Colossians

The TROUBLE of TRIVIAL PURSUIT

My daughter, Isabelle, doesn’t like to keep her feet on the floor, both physically and metaphorically. When she was a toddler we would often find her standing on the kitchen table. I would say in a stern voice, “Don’t stand on the table.” Later, as if nothing had happened, she would again be on the… Read more »

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For: Colossians 2:6-19

The Christian Journey is not about finding the “right” Jesus. It’s realizing that you have been found by Jesus. If you have been searching for a Jesus who suits you, then you will never find him because the Christian faith denies the self and lifts your eyes to God and your arms to your neighbor.

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For: Colossians 2:6-19

The Christian Journey is not about finding the “right” Jesus. It’s realizing that you have been found by Jesus. If you have been searching for a Jesus who suits you, then you will never find him because the Christian faith denies the self and lifts your eyes to God and your arms to your neighbor.

In the Name of Love–Colossians 1:15-20

Over the next six weeks we will experience the Christian journey through the words of scripture and the music of U2. Colossians 1:15-20 is an appropriate place to start because it’s a song, at least, most scholars think this is an early hymn about Christ. This song orients a cosmic context for the work of Christ, bringing us back to the beginning of creation itself.