Gifts of the Spirit

There are different gifts but the same Spirit; there are different ministries but the same Lord; there are different works but the same God who accomplishes all of them in everyone. To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one the Spirit gives wisdom in discourse, to another the power to express knowledge. Through the Spirit one receives faith; by the same Spirit another is given the gift of healing, and still another miraculous powers. Prophecy is given to one; to another power to distinguish one spirit from another. One receives the gift of tongues, another that of interpreting the tongues. But it is one and the same Spirit
who produces all these gifts distributing them to each as he wills.
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
May we all live the gifts that we have been given in humble service to God and others.











Thursday, August 6, 2009

I couldn't have said it better...

Hopefully the link will work so you can read the entire article. The emphasis is mine, as I believe that it time for all of us, conservative and progressive, to stop thinking "either/or" and start thinking "both/and".



It is always good to remember that ours is a big church. In all its 2,000 years it has been at its best and most alive when there has been room for a whole rainbow of ways for people to pray, to think, to live out their faith and grow in holiness.

Just because something does not appeal to us, doesn't necessarily mean there is something bad about it.

Without respect for, and willingness to explore, honest varieties within the appropriate framework of faith, the church stagnates, intellectually and spiritually.



Thank you Fr. Dietzen!

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