Patty Breen
Death Is Not the End of the Story
No other world religion makes such a bold claim about the afterlife: …I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Mar 2, 20234 min read
Why I Am a (c)atholic
...I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church... I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic church. It may seem odd, but I...
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Jane Aseltyne
Feb 23, 20232 min read
Proclaiming Truth in Troubled Times
...Who has spoken through the prophets... One of the things that I love most about the Christian tradition is that there have been many...
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Jessica Curbis
Dec 15, 20223 min read
Living the Scripture
“In accordance with the Scriptures” Our Creed is steeped in Scripture. We’ve seen scriptural references in some of our reflections, so...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Dec 9, 20222 min read
Keeping Christ
…and rose again on the third day… On the day that is just about perfectly in the middle of Advent, it seems odd to be reflecting on what...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Nov 17, 20223 min read
Just men?
…for us men and our salvation… A significant portion of the theology and pastoral actions of Christians revolves around the misogynistic...
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Jessica Curbis
Nov 10, 20222 min read
Made Good
..."through him all things were made"... Reflecting on our next line in the Creed, “through Him all things were made”, it is interesting...
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Ellen Romer Niemiec
Nov 3, 20222 min read
Begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father
Begotten is not one of those words we use very often. Not all parts of the creed offer a clarification, but here we get a little bonus:...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Oct 27, 20223 min read
Jesus is God, our Life and Light
...God from God, Light from Light, True God from true God... As we continue our series on the Nicene Creed, I’m reminded that its...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Oct 20, 20223 min read
We Too
…born of the Father before all ages… In theology there is a distinction between low Christology and high Christology. For the average...
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Ellen Romer Niemiec
Oct 13, 20222 min read
You Are My Beloved
..."the Only Begotten Son of God"... The title ‘Son of God’ can seem very hefty. What does it mean to be called ‘Son of God’? It was a...
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Cynthia Lambert Cheshire
Oct 6, 20222 min read
...And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord...
"I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ" This line of the Creed packs a lot of titles for Jesus in a few short words. Indeed, these titles...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Sep 29, 20223 min read
God as Maker: Creative Thinker, Creative Energy, Creative Power
"...maker of heaven and earth, of all thing visible and invisible..." “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are...
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Jessica Curbis
Sep 22, 20222 min read
The Father, Almighty
In the Nicene Creed, we first profess faith in the first “person” of our Trinitarian God, God the Father, Almighty. According to the...
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Patty Breen
Sep 15, 20222 min read
One Not Many
One of my favorite sayings is “words matter.” The words we say - to other people, ourselves, and yes, even God - they really do matter....
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