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  • Walking the Path of the Perpetrator

    by Adria Gulizia

    Each of us has caused harm in the world. Sitting with that reality is painful - but it is an essential part of the Christian walk.

    November 17, 2019
    Comments 5
    atonement, grace
  • The Limits of the Law

    by Adria Gulizia

    Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately. This means understanding that the law is laid down not for the innocent but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers, fornicators, sodomites, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to...

    September 30, 2019
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  • Worshiping a Suffering Savior

    by Adria Gulizia

    Who has believed what we have heard?And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by others; a...

    February 3, 2019
    Comments 3
    fellowship
  • Guarding Each Other’s Dignity

    by Adria Gulizia

    Living in the Kingdom requires us to slow down so that everyone can keep up.

    August 29, 2018
    Comments 8
    fellowship
  • Spirit-Led Evangelism

    by Adria Gulizia

    Many of us want to talk about our faith. How can we get started?

    August 15, 2018
    Comments 2
    Witness
  • Welcoming the Gifts God Sends Us

    by Adria Gulizia

    In order to remain healthy and faithful, we must nurture all spiritual gifts, not just the ones that make us comfortable.

    August 14, 2018
    Comments 7
    fellowship, Witness
  • The Judgment of a Loving God

    by Adria Gulizia

    The judgment of God isn't pleasant to think about, but the idea that God makes no distinction between someone who suffers for righteousness and someone who cheerfully inflicts suffering is too terrible to contemplate.

    October 15, 2017
    Comments 2
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  • Integrity and the Lie of “Authenticity”

    by Adria Gulizia

    It is easy to think that "being your authentic self" and living with integrity are the same thing, but are they?

    August 27, 2017
    Comments 2
    Witness
  • Trusting the God Who Rests

    by Adria Gulizia

    God makes time for rest. Will we do the same?

    September 11, 2016
    Comments 9
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  • Welcome to Babylon

    by Adria Gulizia

    My world - pluralistic, cosmopolitan, individualistic and consumption-based - is permeated by a worldview that I call Babylon. Even if you do not live in Babylon, I can assure you that you are touched by the long shadow that it casts.

    September 4, 2016
    Comments 5
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January 20, 2023

Turning Our Resources Inward

Dying churches use their resources for their own comfort, rather than to serve others.

by Adria Gulizia
Comments 0
A picture of a stone fortress against a cloudy sky
January 13, 2023

When the Church Becomes a Fortress

When protecting insiders is more important than welcoming outsiders, death is inevitable.

by Adria Gulizia
Comments 5
January 6, 2023

Worshiping the Past, Abandoning the Future

Dying congregations look backward instead of forward.

by Adria Gulizia
Comments 7
January 2, 2023

Autopsy of a Deceased Church: Quaker Edition

A new series on the book "Autopsy of a Deceased Church"

by Adria Gulizia
Comments 17

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Arm yourselves like men of war, that ye may know, what to stand against. Spare not, pity not that which is for the sword (of the spirit)

George Fox
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