On my mind this morning. Rick Barger, President of Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, wrote this in his weekly e-mail address. He is writing about a change of heart commonly called conversion. We can learn something from the tragedy in Rwanda. Prior to the genocide of 1994, which left more than 800,000 dead and twice as many maimed for life, 90% of Rwandans confessed to being Christian - 63% Roman Catholic, 19% Protestant, and 8% 7th Day Adventists. When the carnage was over, Cardinal Etchegary from the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace visited church leaders in Rwanda with this question: Could it be that the blood of tribalism runs more deeply than the waters of baptism? The answer was, Yes. A similar question could be asked of us: Do we love being Lutheran or our certain style of worship or our status as good church members more than we love Jesus? I am thinking that we could add other loves, such as political party, needing to be right all the time, and the insatiable need to prove to the world that we are good people. Blessings. Pastor Tim @timmentzer
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:45:18 +0000
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