No claim of spiritual leading makes a member unquestionable. A letter on Christ’s Headship, shared discernment, and receiving correction.
Author Archives: Brent Snyder
When Brothers Disagree and Nobody Wins
A Dear Ray letter on disagreement within the body: allowing the cross to touch our need to win so that Christ’s life can find expression.
The Table Before the Meeting
Memories of Santa Barbara and Isla Vista, and a call for meals and ordinary fellowship to express the shared life already ours in Christ.
The Cross Reaches the Critic, Too
Seeing religion’s failures does not free the critic from pride. A letter on the cross reaching our need to be right so that Christ may be expressed.
Money Without a Religious Empire
Generosity without buildings, platforms, or institutional ambition: a letter on Zoe expressed through practical care, freedom, and honest stewardship.
When You Feel Nothing
Christ remains our life when spiritual feelings fade. A Dear Ray letter on dryness, weakness, and abiding within the union already ours.
Can We Let a Gathering End?
A meeting can end without ending our union in Christ. A letter on releasing religious arrangements while continuing to receive and care for one another.
They Had Christ Before They Had Christianity
An exploration of what the earliest Christians shared before later church institutions, and why Christ must remain the source.
The Christian Faith Is Not Christian
A theological challenge to the substitution of Christian religion for Christ Himself and the living expression of Zoe.
The Life God Intended to Give
From the tree of life to the Spirit within, the Old Testament unfolds God’s purpose to give Himself to humanity. His life is to become our living, His nature our expression, and everything else secondary to receiving and living Christ.
