McLaren’s Book: Why Did Jesus

Scripture: Luke 2:41-42 Now every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover.  And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. Thought for the Day: “I can’t believe another year has come and gone!”  How many times have you said that?  As I get older, I say it more and more.  I wonder if the parent’s of

As I continue on with Brian McLaren’s book, Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?, I find myself struggling with the tension Brian names.  I describe the tension found in our choice between ‘hostility toward other faiths’ or ‘hollowing out our own’.  For far too long, we have assumed those were our only two options, and frankly, if I must choose, I will always