Today’s jeep top sermon: just preaching’ from the jeep tops today!!! Today’s little homily circles around this:

The three cultural ways in Christ! This idea that He called Himself: the way, the truth and life! Each part appeals to different types of people or cultures.That He is meet-able and solves all three areas of human need-a path, knowledge or truth about Reality, and empowerment to live it out. In naming Himself, He appeals to all three!

The way to live, the truth about what life is, and the life or energy, and empowerment to live it out-to incarnate it in practical ways! Different cultures and even denominations tend to know Him in one area, but perhaps not another. They tend to highlight one of these three aspects of His Identity! Working on that homily today from the jeep tops of course! Someone’s got to!

I still love that Jesus named Himself as: way, truth, and life. These three ways are In Him, part of His Identity! Ultimately we need all three. A holistic christianity would include all three aspects! The birds, at least, seem to agree! Yet, each aspect of His Identity appeals to different cultures and peoples. (The way of the way, the way of truth, the way of life, He claimed to contain all three!) The way, the logos the path…the truth, the knowledge about what is Real, and the Life, the energy or power to live it out (empowered ethics!).

Christ claimed to be all three. And each culture tends to meet Him in one of these areas depending on their own collective identity. So you might ask: What part of God is already having a conversation with this culture or person? And which part is needed, or being highlighted? The Way, The Truth or the Life? Which part is He currently forming in us etc..

Just a sermon i’m working on; thought I’d start by preaching it to the birds from the Jeep top today! Next, I want to preach on rivers, ridges and rims as being the places to meet His Voice, Wisdom and the prophetic in our lives! Places of communication and connectivity, high places, and big picture places or edges of exchange, up above our lives. Coming soon, to a Jeep near you! Deep thoughts from jeep rooftops! Why not! At least I’m in the company of St Francis, minus the jeep! Tried to time this sermon today—i successfully kept it under 7 minutes! Unlike this post! I appeal to your patience!