Comments on: Things I Value in A Church: A Confession of Faith?

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StretchyChurch » What do Postmoderns Look for in a Church? — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:22:02 +0000

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gathering in light - » What Do I Mean by Small Churches? — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:15:44 +0000

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By: Camassia

Camassia — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:30:13 +0000

[...] There seems to be a lot of talk about confessions of faith going on lately. Wess writes about his own priorities here, Joe Guada (not a Scribe) prints the credos of Crosswalk America and the World Pantheist Movement, and Daniel Harper discusses Unitarian affirmations. (Whatever you do, don’t call them creeds!) [...]

By: C. Wess Daniels

C. Wess Daniels — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:34:10 +0000

Hi Craig – thanks for the kind words!

As far as a sacramental life – I am borrowing first from Quaker’s Elton Trueblood and Richard Foster. So yes – I do mean the inward experience but I also mean the outward experience as well.

I don’t necessarily mean ritual however, though I do think we ought to practice things in a sacramental way. I.e. we ought to intentaionally talk about how different things we do as the church draw us into GOd’s grace.

In this way, silence for unprogrammed friends fits into my understanding of a sacrament. It involved both an inner and outer expression.

A sacramental life then, if a way of saying that we seek to make every part of our lives and everything we do holy and point toward the risen Christ.

Does that make more or less sense?