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By Jonathan, August 11, 2010 12:00 pm

Last Sunday I was able to give the Communion address at the local church I attend. Yes, I’ve just publicly outed myself as a church goer. Hopefully you’re still reading and havn’t yet closed your browser window. If you are still reading, but are not terribly impressed with the Christian people you have observed in you time, then I understand. I based my talk around a quote that I first read about on a blog called Stuff Christians Like. The quote was by author Anne Rice & it said:

For those who care, and I understand if you don’t: Today I quit being a Christian. I’m out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being “Christian” or to being part of Christianity. It’s simply impossible for me to “belong” to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten years, I’ve tried. I’ve failed. I’m an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else.

To summarise, I spoke about learning to both be forgiven and also to forgive. If you’d like to read the notes I spoke from, they’re here: Communion Talk 8-8-2010

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By Jonathan, March 4, 2007 10:52 am

I put this question to you: the Blogging community. Where is the happy medium between ‘humbling yourself before God’ and believing in God and the power he has within you?

This is something I often struggle with. I seem to either:

• Be humble to the point of believing that I’m not worthy of God.

Or

• Be confident in Gods power within me for a while until I get a big head & think that it’s my amazing faith that does it.