the cappadocians and we neos

When the Byzantine Empire was the last word in new world orders, a group of family and friends in worked to forge a language to express their understanding of what the Holy One was doing in their lives in Christ, through the Holy Spirit. Makrina, her brothers Basil and Gregory of Nyssa, and Basil's close friend Gregory of Nazianzus as much as any group of believers set the tone for how the faith would be discussed as it spread beyond the area of Jerusalem and Judea and into the whole world.

There is a new world order in the making now, and it is exciting that there is a large group of family and friends trying to find new words to express their experience of the Holy One in their lives.

Even more important than new words is how to act in response to our experiences. Hopefully this blog will be a part of the conversation to lead us to new acts of today's apostles.