by Andres Herrera | Sep 15, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
So much of our thinking now is saturated with binaries—people are ‘good guys’ or ‘bad guys;’ we are socially conscious or benighted; I am right and you are wrong. This categorical way of thinking is as old as the Manicheans, a religious movement that thrived between...
by Andres Herrera | Sep 8, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
One of the blessings of being church is that we get to walk with each other throughout the course of our whole lives–from birth to death. There is strength to be found in knowing and being known, especially in times of joy and sorrow. Each of us is tied together...
by Andres Herrera | Sep 1, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
How have you made momentous decisions in your life? Lists weighing pros and cons? SWOT analyses? Opening up the Bible and picking a passage randomly? Decisions about whether to have a child, questions of moving, responding to health situation requiring a choice of...
by Andres Herrera | Aug 25, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
When I was a young girl growing up in an evangelical Christian tradition I was terrified of hell. It was not preached about incessantly in my home congregation, but when it was, the images I had were horrific–a lake of fire, people burning in never ending...
by Andres Herrera | Aug 12, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
Train children in the way they should go; when they grow old, they won’t depart from it.Proverbs 22:6 Educating children is one of the most important tasks adults have in this world. What we teach, who teaches, what is important, why learning is valuable and to what...
