11/03/2014

What's It All About? Formation, Reformation and Transformation

In this video on what Christianity is all about, Marcus Borg suggests that our disposition to focus on beliefs can sometimes make Christianity much more complicated than it needs to be. “Being Christian is about becoming the kind of person who can love God and love what God loves.” Our socialization teaches us to be concerned with ourselves first and foremost, leading to the outcomes mentioned above in the "Paradox of Our Time." What is required for transformation is practice, intentionality, and paying attention to our relationship with God. This emphasis on practice was what caused the first Christians to be called “followers of The Way,” and it is through communities of faith today that practices like worship, prayer, and service are promoted. God doesn’t need us to do these things, we do if we are truly interested in transformation and change.

See this new brochure from the ELCA that promotes building faith practices into our daily living.

Story from ELCA Stewardship.