Volume 2 Issue 3

If you are visiting our website for the first time, welcome! You are invited to “sign up” for the weekly newsletter (you may unsubscribe at any time) and consider yourself a part of our growing virtual community of faith. Take a moment to peruse the postings on the Bulletin Board, and feel free to respond with your own thoughts and opinions. The voice of God grows louder with each one who chooses to participate in this theological forum. Our ongoing prayer is that Growing in Christ will inspire you to share this ministry with those you know and love.
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Thanks to this miraculous technology, I am gazing upon the San Francisco Peaks as this edition comes to you from Flagstaff, Arizona! Rachel is moving into her studio apartment this weekend (it’s very hard to believe that her freshman year is over already!) and one of the perks of a cyber-ministry is the freedom to “preach” from virtually anywhere in the world. I’m sure that she will welcome your greetings and best wishes as she takes yet another step into adulthood: XCherryQTX@aol.com
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With Matt Piper’s help, I’ve come up with an expanded use of the Bulletin Board. I’m “hearing” that some of you have questions about theology, scriptural interpretation, spirituality, etc. For anyone willing to post such questions on the board, I will offer to reply with my “answer” in a timely fashion. More importantly, though, will be the opportunity for others to reply to the question as well, creating a forum for a variety of thoughts and opinions. I want to thank Matt once again for the “user friendly” format, and I’m excited at the prospect of this new dimension of the Growing in Christ experiment in faith development.
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The Bush Administration cautions against thinking that the Iraqi matter is over. For once, we are in complete agreement. I don’t think that we can even begin to comprehend the long-term consequences of what has been done, and this is already being evidenced by some of the “surprises” that have occurred in the brief aftermath. For as often as the President and his cabinet invoke God’s blessing of their actions, I continue to believe that an intelligent exploration of contemporary theology is crucial to maintaining any sense of integrity. As always, I hope that you, too, are increasingly inclined to participate in this “ultimate quest.”
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Until next week…….Shalom!