Membership

March 18, 2009

Confirmation: Is it for me?

Church, Membership, restoration, Theology 5

More than a few folks have asked me, “Do I need to be confirmed?” The short answer is no. You don’t need to be confirmed. Jesus never said a word about confirmation. Confirmation doesn’t accomplish, secure, guarantee, or otherwise bolster your salvation. As far as I know, no one’s ever depicted St. Peter standing at […]

March 17, 2009

Confirmation 101

Church, Membership, restoration, Theology 0

So there’s been a lot of talk at Restoration recently about confirmation. That’s because our bishop, David Bena, will be visiting Restoration on Palm Sunday (April 5), and he’ll be confirming people at that time. This brings up a lot of questions: What is confirmation? Is it for me? Why do I need it? Why […]

February 10, 2009

Authority.

Church, Life Together, Membership 8

So one of the things you’ll learn is that I am pretty un-Anglican in my Anglican-ness. The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian community in the world (the others of the ‘Big 3’ being Roman Catholicism and all the flavors of the Orthodox church). There is a lot of drama in the AC right […]

February 9, 2009

Everybody wants to belong…

Life Together, Membership 4

“Everybody wants to belong, but no one wants to join.” Everyone wants to ‘fit in’, but no one wants to commit. Hyperbole? a little. But, probably more true than we care to admit. We have been talking about how the Gospel changes everything. Practically, the primary tool that God gives us, to get this Gospel […]