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Continue reading →: ★ Easter, 2009 – The Big Picture – Boston.com
Yesterday was Easter, the celebration by Western Christians of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 3 days after his crucifixion (Eastern Christian observers will celebrate Easter on April 19th). The religious observation of Easter also shares the day with many traditional secular springtime celebrations, including bonfires, egg hunts, bunnies and gifts…
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Continue reading →: ★ St. John Chrysostom's Easter Sermon
The Easter Homily of St. John Chrysostom If any man be devout and loveth God, Let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast! If any man be a wise servant, Let him rejoicing enter into the joy of his Lord. If any have laboured long in fasting, Let him…
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Continue reading →: ★ Good Friday Meditation
GOD IS DEAD! Pierced, executed, slain Now removed from the torture rack And I I – eat tacos, decorate eggs and try to comprehend
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Continue reading →: ★ When I First Began to Love God
When I first began to love God I thought I’d fallen in the ocean But I was only on the beach then I entered the water and was thrown back on shore And then washed again into the waves God, why did I want this love? And what is this…
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★ To think about, amidst the discussion of solitude and silence here lately
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Continue reading →: ★ To think about, amidst the discussion of solitude and silence here lately“If I could live in a tiny dwelling on a rock in the ocean, surrounded by the waves of the sea and cut off from the sight and sound of everything else, I would still not be free of the cares of this passing world, or from the fear that…
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Continue reading →: ★ Mysticism and Theology in the Eastern view
In the dense, chewy but promising “Exploring Christian Spirituality: An Ecumenical Reader” (Baker Academic), two of the first chapters are essays on the topic, “what is spirituality?”. It’s an interesting discussion, and one I frankly hadn’t considered before – I thought that, like love or mirth, you just recognize it…
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★ Book Summary: Exiles by Michael Frost
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Continue reading →: ★ Book Summary: Exiles by Michael Frost“Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture” (Michael Frost) Thesis and Argument of Author We in the West today no longer live in a Christian culture. The world is changing, and the church has lost its foothold at the center of the dominant culture. Christians today live with a growing,…
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Continue reading →: ★ Silence…Desert…Prayer (Thoughts from Poustinia)
Thoughts from the outstanding book “Poustinia: Christian Spirituality of the East for Western Man” (Catherine de Hueck Doherty) If we are to witness to Christ in today’s marketplaces, where there are constant demands on our whole person, we need silence. if we are to be always available, not only physically,…
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Continue reading →: ★ "It's Funny 'Cause It's True" – Homer Simpson
A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. “Not very long,” answered the Mexican. “But then, why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more?” asked the…
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