Aug 30, 2010 | Author - Eric H. Janzen
This shredded flag hangs low like the burdened shoulders of a visionary watching the vision of his passion fade 'what is necessary is not necessarily good' says the wind as it moves the flag aside, passing with the memory of resistance, the...
Jun 7, 2010 | Author - Eric H. Janzen
Peccatum Originus Circling this tree we wonderedwhat mystery lay behindthe fruit of our questionWe put distance between usand the boughs heavy with temptationbranches reaching out like hands and talonsto gather us in likefish fighting the shame baited barbed...
Apr 27, 2010 | Author - Eric H. Janzen
Conclusion As I neared the end of writing this book I had coffee with a close friend of mine. He told me a story about a young man that he had become friends with. This young man left the Church because his experience of it had been of a surface...
Apr 19, 2010 | Author - Eric H. Janzen
Chapter Seven The Prophetic Culture of the Kingdom The community of Christ is a prophetic community. The prophetic message of the community is Jesus. The prophetic message of the community is the Gospel of his kingdom. The community of Christ is...
Apr 12, 2010 | Author - Eric H. Janzen
Chapter Six Identity Storm I have suggested that the Church is in the midst of an ongoing identity crisis. It is a crisis that has arisen out of our disconnection with the culture and paradigm of the kingdom. We must face some significant questions as we...
Apr 6, 2010 | Author - Eric H. Janzen
Chapter Five A Call to Citizenship At the outset of this book I said that the basic question the Church needs to answer today is what it means to be in the world but not of the world. In understanding that the community of Christ has a distinct culture in the...
