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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

On Doctrine

Christian doctrine is the business of the church. ...It is usually difficult, and sometimes impossible, to draw the line of demarcation between the teachings of the church and the theories of its teachers; what the teachers thought often reflected an earlier stage in the development or anticipated a later one.
...Doctrine is what is believed, taught, and confessed.

Jaroslav Pelikan, The Christian Tradition, Vol. 1. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971) p. 3.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Return from Bolivia

We returned early Tuesday morning from our mission trip to Bolivia. I’m still pretty exhausted. I posted some photos at flickr. I realize I still haven’t finished my write-up of my Holy Land trips, so I plan to get to those next.

I was glad that Angela was able to accompany me on this trip. She was not able to come on my previous two trips to Bolivia. I knew she would enjoy the flora and fauna as well as the overall experience. Someday, I’d like to go merely as a tourist. There is tremendous biodiversity in Bolivia, and I’m a sucker for the “eco-tours” involving things like zip lines through rainforest canopies.