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Continue reading →: ★ Incorporating Benedict's Rule in a Suburban Missional Church – Part 3
I’m blogging here a previous paper that I wrote for my churchhistory course at Bakke Graduate University. It was written for my first course, in May 2006. Part 3 Values and Practices Throughout the Rule one can find Benedict’s values and the practices that grow from these values. At the…
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Continue reading →: ★ Incorporating Benedict's Rule in a Suburban Missional Church – Part 2
I’m blogging here a previous paper that I wrote for my churchhistory course at Bakke Graduate University. It was written for my first course, in May 2006. Part 2 Benedict’s Rule Benedict’s Rule consists of four major sections. The first is foundational, inviting the individual Christian to follow the Lord’s…
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Continue reading →: ★ Incorporating Benedict's Rule in a Suburban Missional Church – Part 1
I’m blogging here a previous paper that I wrote for my churchhistory course at Bakke Graduate University. It was written for my first course, in May 2006. Part 1 INCORPORATING BENEDICT’S RULE IN A SUBURBAN MISSIONAL CHURCH Benedict of Nursia is one of history’s most influential Christian leaders, thinkers and…
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Continue reading →: ★ links for 2008-08-16
Magpie Girl » Blog Archive » On Stories and the Telling of Truth. Georgia men defend Bigfoot body claims – CNN.com Do you believe? (tags: bigfoot) Startup Hacks: 7 Questions VCs Will Ask You, What They Really Mean, and How You Can Answer Them (tags: startup questions psychology interview howto…
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Continue reading →: ★ On Vacation (Autoblogging)
Hey there crew – I’m leaving on a week’s vacation to our childhood home in Montana. I’ll be out of Internet range and taking it easy. To keep your interest around here, I’ve pre-programmed a blog series from a paper I wrote in May 2006 for my church history course…
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Continue reading →: ★ Christ in [fill-in-the-blank] is the Hope of Glory (on Todd Bentley)
Many of you have heard the sad and disappointing news that charismatic evangelist Todd Bentley has recently separated from his wife and is no longer leading services involved with the Lakeland revival. I’m saddened by this event, but I know that God has a large, overarching cosmic plan that brings…
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Wendell Berry would make a great Celtic monk I don’t read much poetry, but I do love the work of Wendell Berry – his poetry, his novels. I love his view of nature, his understanding of the big book of creation, and his commitment to living with his feet (literally)…
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Continue reading →: ★ links for 2008-08-15
Great is Thy Effectiveness? | Out of Ur | Conversations for Ministry Leaders Something’s wrong. We pastors are the stewards, the spokespeople, the advocates of a message of hope, life, and peace. And yet so few of us seem to be experiencing these qualities in our own lives. Something’s wrong.…
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Continue reading →: ★ links for 2008-08-15
Daniel Laine’s Fantastic Work on African Kings | Design You Trust™. World's Most Famous Social Inspiration. Alt Text: How to Get Published and Avoid Alien Bloodsuckers (tags: writing advice publishing book)
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Continue reading →: ★ Wikipedia on Irish monasticism
The Wikipedia entry on Christian monasticism is quite detailed. I’m posting here the full entry (current as of Aug 14, 2008) on the Irish expression of monasticism. Ireland The first non-Roman area to adopt monasticism was Ireland, which developed a unique form closely linked to traditional clan relations, a system…
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