Building Bridges.....

Leadership summit 2012 Enjoy!  We had a great time as always!!

In Helsingborg, a town in the south part of Sweden, Jesus was about to get banned! A local politician wanted to ban Christian celebration during the annual Christmas fare. At this place, an old outdoor theatre and museum that hold nice fares, is every year having a "live" crib. The man who wanted to ban Jesus, said that the fare should be without politics and religious influences. The church of Sweden and many other Christian organisations confronted this man and after one week of total silence, the man now regrets his policy and the fare can keep its crib. Great news, but I wonder: Why on earth did he put so much effort in something like this when Christmas is all about Jesus? That's why we in the first place celebrate it. Second: There are other things to put all your strength in. In Sweden we have 16.000 homeless people that despite a law that says that every person in Sweden should have a home. Put your effort in dealing with that kind problem instead.....

A couple of years ago the Church of Sweden, was separated from the state. The Church of Sweden is the largest Christian church in Sweden, a Lutheran church The Church adopted, at the time that it was still a state church, an administrative structure largely modelled after the state. Direct elections are held to the Church Assembly. The electoral system is the same as used in the Swedish parliament. To vote in the Church general elections, you must be a member of the Church of Sweden, at minimum 16 years of age, and nationally registered as living in Sweden. The groups that take part in the elections are called nominating groups. Also political parties take part in the elections. The church of Sweden suffers. Many people are leaving the church and together with that many immigrants who have other beliefs system , the number of members decreases. Media and the church itself talk about a country that becomes more and more secularised. The media never talks about other ch...

The different parables of Jesus are all very interesting to read and to reflect on but Jesus himself told the disciples that the key parable is The parable of the sower. Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times.” (Mark 4:3-8) The Disciples were not sure why Jesus spoke in parables and asked him questions about them. Jesus then told the disciples boldly: ”Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? This parable of the sower is...