We often ask ourselves what it means to live as a Christian. We explore the answers through sermons we hear, Sunday school, small group discussions and many others avenues. However most of us have chosen to express our Christianity through a particular denomination.
Yesterday on FaceBook the ELCA page asked the question: "What does it mean to you to 'live Lutheran?'" I loved the answers. Most dealt with God's grace. Some of my favorites:
- I don't have to have every question and quandary answered by a specific answer because trying to define God/Jesus/salvation/script
ure, etc is to make God small. - In addition to being a follower of Jesus, I feel a certain obligation to stand up to injustice and bad theology because of our history of rebellion.
- To recognize God's gracious, loving care every day, and to extend that kind of grace wherever possible.
- Do justice, love mercy, walk humbly with God....and trust that God doesn't give up on me during the times I fall away from Him.
- Strive to give God glory in all I do--and when I fail there's GRACE!!!
- Not being labeled a heretic by my church if I choose to believe that the Creation Story is a poetic account of creation.
- Our beliefs and practices in regard to Baptism and Communion
- Our liturgy, whether well-defined in traditional worship or more loosely defined as in contemporary worship
- Feeling free to discuss, ask questions about and even challenge our theology.
- Respect for the spiritual gifts, talents and call of women.
- I especially love that we refuse to put God in a box, saying that God "can't" do something or "won't" work through a particular kind of person... Knowing that ALL things are possible with God.
Lord Jesus,
Thank you for my church and my church family. Protect us, guide us and strengthen us. Help us to be you lips, hands and feet. Amen.
Joys: Being an ELCA Lutheran; fun hosting a birthday party at Heath House with friends (and Cecelia!); plans to go hiking with Richard today.
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