“The function of prayer is not to establish a routine; it is to establish a relationship with God who is in relationship with us always…. The function of prayer is to bring us into touch with ourselves, as well. To the ancients, “tears of compunction” were the sign of a soul that knew its limits, faced its sins, accepted its needs, and lived in hope.”
~Joan Chittister
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This website “ekklesia Chicago” came to exist out of interaction with other people needing to find true meaning in our walk with Christ.
Most everything found here relates, in one way or another, to our being God’s people.
I will share evidence in support of beliefs that I came to accept as true. Beliefs that for others was new or different. Because some of these beliefs went against what they had always heard or what people in our fellowship had traditionally believed, some had difficulty accepting them as truth even though they did not refute the evidence on which I based my beliefs. I do not hesitate in saying that I make no claim of having a perfect understanding of everything knowable about God and His will for us. I can accept people who do not believe as I do in areas that are not essential to our salvation. What troubles me is when people who make profession of following Christ are intolerant of brethren who differ with them to the extent that it affects both their ability to receive each other as fellow heirs of salvation and their influence with the world.
Frank Coleman
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