I want to introduce a word: telos. Telos is a Greek word that means “aim” or “purpose.” However, the “aim” or “purpose” in the meaning of telos is not the goals and objectives that defines today’s business or organizational thinking. Telos refers to the purpose or aim unfolding, guiding, and innate within a thing or [...]
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Community of Christ and the telos of the Restoration
June 3, 2010Help Out in Haiti: Outreach International Needs Long-Term Volunteers
April 20, 2010Outreach International, a humanitarian and development charity affiliated with the Community of Christ, is seeking help with post-earthquake reconstruction efforts in Haiti. Outreach International supports a network of 90 schools in Haiti. Some 30 of these schools were destroyed or sustained major damage from the earthquake. The reconstruction process goes far beyond the normal scope of [...]
World Conference in the Blogosphere
April 13, 2010The Community of Christ Blogitorium has been as lively as the conference chamber as the church’s World Conference gets underway. In addition to the thoughts posted on this blog, a variety of people have been posting their reflections: John Hamer journals his positive impressions of his first conference here. Todd Elkins (here and here) offered concerns about [...]
Anti-Nuclear Weapons Legislation will Test CofC Peace Commitment
April 10, 2010At stake is whether I trust in God or the bomb. In nuclear war there are no winners. I therefore cannot agree that perfecting the bomb and developing the ability to use it first is a basis for my security and well being. It is certainly not an appropriate basis for my faith. … The [...]
What Would the Apostle Paul Say to the Community of Christ?
April 4, 2010Rich Brown is the newest columnist here at saintsherald.com. He recently posted the following on his own blog, ForeWords, published at the Isaac’s Press Web site. The letters attributed to Apostle Paul offer particular guidance to Community of Christ in its current struggles related to baptism and human sexuality. Of course, they need to be [...]
Bizarre Community of Christ Hoodie
March 30, 2010This hoodie, being sold on Amazon.com, can’t have been designed by a Community of Christ person — it mentions the ‘M’ word!
Reflections from Haiti
March 6, 2010As of the last week in January, I have been working as the Haiti Emergency Coordinator for Outreach International, a charity affiliated with the Community of Christ. Since the 1980s, Outreach International has supported a network of about 90 schools catering to 9,000 students in Haiti. About 30 of these schools were in the earthquake-affected [...]
Veazey’s ‘Counsel to the Church’
January 18, 2010Community of Christ President Steve Veazey presented his “Counsel to the Church” today in advance of the church’s World Conference in April. It deals with such hot topics as church membership, communion and human sexuality. Read the document here. He also presented a “Letter of Counsel about the Presiding Quorums” regarding changes in the Council of [...]
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