How do you define being a Christian?

Going to church, reading the bible, prayer, listen to Christian music, giving money to the church???? What is your defination?

I can remember early on the simple answer was that I believed in Jesus Christ.

But is that all there is to being a Christian?

Belief or public profession... or getting to heaven... Just being a better person...

What do you think? I would love to hear what others are thinking...

On the journey to be a Christian has been a belief in Jesus, but it has also been even more than that. Being a Christian means my actions and responses are influenced by my faith. My being in tune with God. In my churched background, I have been taught that to be Christian means seeking to follow Christ and to try to become "Christ Like."

Christ like. What does that mean...

Here is what I am trying to do. I am seeking God's transformational power to become the spirit and image of God. I am hoping through God's grace to be transformed in ways that are both visible and invisible. I hope that I can see the world like Jesus sees the world. I hope that I can speak the words that Jesus would speak if he uncounted the people I encounter each day. I would hope I could listen to people and hear what Jesus would hear. I would hope that I could touch people and things the way Jesus would touch. I would hope that my experience of creation and in relationship to all creation would be close to the spirit and image of Christ.

What do you think? Do you want to be a better person? Do you want to do the right things at the right times?

Sure being a disciple of Jesus (a Christian), you will become a better person, but it is my hope I will become the spirit and image of Jesus.

Introduction to Colossians

Do You know a lot about Paul's letter?

The Church of Colosse was one of the churches which was not started by Paul himself, but by persons who had come into contact with Paul while he was in Ephesises.

This Sunday I am begining a journey through the Paul's letter to the Colossians. I liked this quick video which gave me a brief introduction to this great letter.