I’m thinking about throwing a Q&A into the podcast this coming Sunday.
If we were going to have a beer (or a cup of coffee, tea, etc.) together, what’s something you might ask? It could be faith-based, but it can also be kinda random. No topic is out of bounds (but simple human decency is required).
Questions from patrons and paying subscribers will get priority, but I wanted to open this to everyone. So ask away!
Grace + Godspeed, Jonas
P.S. I have no idea how many questions I’ll get, so I can’t promise to address all of them - but who knows. Maybe I will.
So much of the new testament (I believe), is symbolistic and can be interpreted so that it is relevant to what is going on in our daily lives even in 2020 but some of it I truly struggle with. I grew up and brought my children into the Lutheran church but presently go back and forth between you and Swedenborgian Christianity, both of which I respect greatly. Is it OK to wobble a little with different internal beliefs about what it's like in the afterlife and what our purpose here on earth is?
I know you're a big fan of the Revised Common Lectionary. I never knew about it but I think it's a great tool. Is that what you use for daily readings? Do you have any specific practices/routines you engage in daily in your walk with God? I'm always interested to hear the rhythms people build into their lives.
I know God is with us through our suffering but really - the scale of Covid-19? Where are You God? Has this world You lovingly created fallen so far that this is a sign of sorts? But the ones that suffer most are the vulnerable ones, not the cream at the top.
So what is it really about death? Do we resurrect after 3 days & join our Father in heaven, or will we be in some limbo until that nobody-knows-2nd-coming-end-of-the-world when those asleep will be awakened from their slumber to finally enter into paradise?
So much of the new testament (I believe), is symbolistic and can be interpreted so that it is relevant to what is going on in our daily lives even in 2020 but some of it I truly struggle with. I grew up and brought my children into the Lutheran church but presently go back and forth between you and Swedenborgian Christianity, both of which I respect greatly. Is it OK to wobble a little with different internal beliefs about what it's like in the afterlife and what our purpose here on earth is?
How do you reconcile the judgmental God of the Old Testament with the loving God of the New Testament?
I know you're a big fan of the Revised Common Lectionary. I never knew about it but I think it's a great tool. Is that what you use for daily readings? Do you have any specific practices/routines you engage in daily in your walk with God? I'm always interested to hear the rhythms people build into their lives.
Thanks, Jonas!
I know God is with us through our suffering but really - the scale of Covid-19? Where are You God? Has this world You lovingly created fallen so far that this is a sign of sorts? But the ones that suffer most are the vulnerable ones, not the cream at the top.
So what is it really about death? Do we resurrect after 3 days & join our Father in heaven, or will we be in some limbo until that nobody-knows-2nd-coming-end-of-the-world when those asleep will be awakened from their slumber to finally enter into paradise?