by Rusty George | Feb 26, 2018 | Faith and Culture
As many of you know, I am an introvert. That doesn’t mean I’m shy or not talkative, it just means that I am energized by being alone and tend to be drained by being around large amounts of people. This has always made living in community interesting for me. As much as...
by Rusty George | Feb 19, 2018 | Faith and Culture
In chapter two of Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer lays out what he believes to be a well-structured day for both a Christian community and the individual living in the community. He covers a lot in the chapter and there are many things to glean from it. However,...
by Rusty George | Feb 12, 2018 | Faith and Culture
One of the major reasons I felt compelled to write Better Together was because of the central focus on community in the Christian story. Few authors and few other books have portrayed this more than Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his classic, Life Together. Not only was it a...
by Rusty George | Jan 30, 2018 | Faith and Culture
Last week we talked about how faith is a covenantal term and not simply “how much you believe something.” Many of us have this sense that faith is simply an absence of doubt and we talked about how “wrestling” with God is actually a healthy thing that takes more faith...
by Rusty George | Jan 23, 2018 | Faith and Culture
Jesus once asked his disciple Peter bluntly, “Who do you say that I am?” This is one of the most important questions we can answer as followers of Jesus, even today. As disciples of Jesus it is good for us to wrestle, question, critique, and struggle with the question...
by Rusty George | Jan 16, 2018 | Faith and Culture
Often times we treat faith and doubt as if they are completely opposite and there is no room for doubt in manners of faith. When we create this dichotomy, following Jesus becomes like a package deal where if you accept one part of a certain kind (whether it be...
