My first bad experience with what I thought to be huge amounts of fluffy snow…

Week 6 – Response to Jesse River’s blog

When reading the story of Ruth (or Orpah) I am not convinced that Orpah’s decision to return to her culture should give any more hope to Native Americans than Ruth’s decision to stay with Naomi.  I understand the perspective from which Donaldson writes and with which Jesse agrees, but I don’t believe this story is about how [...]

Week 6 – Emergence of a World Church – Fuellenbach

I thought Fuellenbach made a great point when talking about the paradox of the term “Roman Catholic”.  While “Catholic” represents the the worldwide church, “Roman” implies a specific location with its own culture, values, and agenda.  He suggests that in each of our situations it is easier to be “Roman” rather than “Catholic”.  Thus, when we do [...]