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Continue reading →: ★ Partaking of a Contemplative Reality
The poet Kathleen Norris writes, Like all who choose life in the slow lane – sailors, monks, farmers – I partake of a contemplative reality. Living close to such an expanse of land I find I have little incentive to move fast, little need of instant information. I have learned…
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Continue reading →: ★ … to Pray Constantly
Abbot Christopher Jamison of Worth Abbey, which was the home from the BBC documentary called The Monastery, writes: Christian prayer is the simple act of addressing God as “you.” The great aim of the monastic life by Benedict was as simple as it was demanding: the aim was to pray…
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Continue reading →: ★ Ministry, Silence and Entertainment
I would like to stress the importance of silence in the ways a minister organizes his own life and that of others. In a society in which entertainment and distraction are such important preoccupations, ministers are also tempted to join the ranks of those who consider it their primary task…
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Continue reading →: ★ Reclaiming the Mission » Instilling Missional Habits in a Congregation – As You Walk Among Your Community
David Fitch is doing some excellent work on the area of missional church and what church means in our culture. His book The Great Giveaway is highly recommended, and his blog (linked below) is good too. The following is the introduction to an entry David wrote about how we can…
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Categories: Faith
★ Emergent Village » Richard Rohr on "Four Categories of the Emerging Church"
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Continue reading →: ★ Emergent Village » Richard Rohr on "Four Categories of the Emerging Church"This weekend in Albuquerque, New Mexico there is a Catholic-Emergent Church conference which is looking at the church in contemporary culture. Fr. Richard Rohr describes four characteristics of what he sees as the emerging church. Follow the link below for a video from Rohr. Here are Rohr’s four categories/aspects/characteristics: “an…
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Continue reading →: ★ A Celtic Prayer for a Musician (by Christine Sine)
I’m selling a guitar and the new buyer is a 15-year-old who was inspired to learn the instrument at church camp last summer. Over Twitter, I asked the lovely and wise Christine Sine to help me with a Celtic blessing to send along with the guitar when pack it for…
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Continue reading →: ★ The coming evangelical collapse | csmonitor.com
Michael Spencer (the Internet Monk) writes a provocative piece on the future of evangelicalism. I agree that there’s a large transition ahead, but not sure that it’s quite as apocalyptic as what he believes. We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evangelical…
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★ Modern Love – In a Charmed Life, a Road Less Traveled – NYTimes.com
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Continue reading →: ★ Modern Love – In a Charmed Life, a Road Less Traveled – NYTimes.comWhat does love look like? What is commitment, passion, and perseverence through difficult circumstances in a relationship? I cannot think of any better picture of a relationship than this: Modern Love – In a Charmed Life, a Road Less Traveled – NYTimes.com.
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Continue reading →: ★ My son's dance moves
Brogan dances from Pat on Vimeo. I’m pretty sure he gets his dance moves from me.
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★ Simple Guidelines for Workday Quality Over Quantity | Smarterware
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Continue reading →: ★ Simple Guidelines for Workday Quality Over Quantity | SmarterwareThis succinct set of workday guidelines is a nice blueprint for getting productive on the important stuff and ruthless about cutting the crap. Written on a unknown “major corp” whiteboard pictured here, they read: QUALITY vs quantity, UX process. Check email ONLY: * 10AM * 1PM * 4PM Send any…
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