Daily Archives: September 25, 2004

September 25, 2004 · 8:00 pm

God and the soccer team

Sara was in a soccer tournament for her high school today.  They ended up playing the final game against Carlton.  Lost 3 -1 

It was an interesting cheering game.  Can’t yell “kill them” when one of my best friends is sitting behind me on the bleachers – her daughter playing on the other team.  And most of the moms I know from Celtic soccer were there.  Last weekend we were all cheering our daughters on together as they played on the same team.  The pain of that loss was too fresh for us to wish a loss on anyone of the girls.  But one team had to win.

Sara and another of her friends were not happy that anyone who wants to play can just join the team from their school – even if they have never played before.  It showed when they changed players, pulling off two good defenders for two inexperienced ones.  Two goals scored in a few minutes.  A bit demoralizing for the girls who play competitively and would like to see their school win for a change. 

Sara’s quote of the day ” It’s a Catholic thing.  Can’t make any cuts just because they can’t play.  Got to let them play cause God loves them all.”

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September 25, 2004 · 7:35 pm

Questions and answers and truth

Ran into this interesting entry about a new version of the Bible via Alan.  Most interesting comments on this entry too.  Can the Bible be true without being inerrant?  I think it can and is but then I have been known to interpret parts of this holiest of books as story and literature at times – but always with the understanding that it is full of truth and is inspired writing.  Inspired by God who still speaks to us through it. 

And I am beginning to look at some of the major questions that plague people searching for the truth, searching for God but not really sure if they believe all they have heard about Jesus.  Or can’t understand how we can believe in the God they have seen demonstrated in the Christian church past and present.  I hope people will be brave enough to ask questions over coffee after church.

There is a quote from C.S. Lewis that I want to use.  He quotes Tennyson “There lives more faith in human doubt believe me, than in half the creeds”  Anyone know just where this is from?  Think it is from Lewis’ Reflections on the Psalms but are not sure.

Some of the resources I plan to use:
Letters from a Sceptic by Greg and Ed Boyd
Mere Christianity by C.S.Lewis
The Jesus I Never Knew by Yancey
A New Kind of Christian and The Story We Find Ourselves In by Brian McClaren
“But Don’t All Religions Lead to God?” by Michael Green

Any other suggestions?

And I guess the most important thing I can really share, firsthand, will be my own faith story and the reality it is for me. 

I’m actually rather scared to do this.  Why God nudged me to do this I don’t know.  I hope he shows up as we do this cause he will have to be there with me.  I don’t suppose I have to come up with all the answers –  just be willing to let people ask their questions and listen and direct them to places they might find some answers. 

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