Daily Devotional and Your Faith

In today's UCC Daily Devotinal (January 15, 2011) talks about acting your faith.  Inviting people to come to church on your Facebook.  Wow!  I have invited people to come and sing at our church on my Facebook.  I no longer have to do that since Mark Miller our new music minister has a following who are already joining our choir.  We may even run out of robes!  That's a good thing.  But what do you do?  Periodically the Rev asks us to bring friends to church, do you do that?  I have already asked people to come to church for musical events and concerts.  You can do that too.  I have attached today's devotional for your review.
Jeannette Brown

January 15, 2011

Evolve

Excerpt from Acts 1:1-5

“In the first book…I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the
beginning until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving
instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles…”

Reflection by Quinn
G. Caldwell

At some point, Disciples turn into Apostles.

In today’s passage, Jesus evolves the Disciples into Apostles, readying them
to be sent out with a message (see that word “post” in “apostle”?  Just
like the mail!).  I for one am glad they let it happen; if they had chosen
not to change, Christianity would have died when they did.

What stage of Christian evolution are you in?  Do you go to church, try
to live a good life, and leave it at that?  Or do you talk with other
people about it as well?

For the sake of everyone else in the break room who doesn’t know how sweet
faith can be, isn’t it time to stand up to that loud
atheist/fundamentalist/whatever at work?

Or do what one member of my church does: she periodically sets her Facebook
status to something like, “Can’t wait for church tomorrow!  Anybody want
to go with and then get brunch after?”  You’d be surprised how many take
her up on it.  Or you could just be sure your FB profile lists your
religion and a link to your church.  Or you could write a letter to the
editor—explicitly as a Christian—on an issue of the day.  Or…well, you get
the point: be creative.

Do you think Christianity—or your flavor of it—matters enough to be kept
alive, or are you happy to let it die with you?  If the latter, then enjoy
your discipleship.  If the former, it’s time to evolve.

Prayer

God, grant me the Holy Spirit so that I might be strong for the sharing of
your Word.  Amen.

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About the Author   Quinn G. Caldwell is Associate Minister of Old South Church in Boston,   Massachusetts.

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Jeannette