pat loughery

I’ve found myself reading and learning broadly about theology and geography in recent months. Part of this comes from the deeply place-oriented theology of early Celtic Christian spirituality, where pilgrimage and sacred sites are important and prayers abound for milking the cow and for launching the fishing skiff. I’m not…

A week ago, I skipped church and went for a short run along the river near our home.  Although I live in a suburban neighborhood in an exurban/commuter town (this is how I avoid owning up to the fact that I’m a ‘burbanite) half an hour’s drive from Seattle, I…

Via Wayne Park, here’s an intriguing article by Roger Olson comparing the Emerging Church movement and the Jesus People movement.  Good response from Mike Clawson as well. For those of us with Vineyard roots (which grew out of the JPM), this is doubly fascinating. Though in recent times I find…

Now be silent. Let the One who creates the words speak. He made the door. He made the lock. He also made the key. – Rumi

From Richard Twiss of Wiconi comes this fantastic little (3 min) film titled FROSTY MAN AND THE BMX KID: PS: I’ve been recently introduced to the New Zealand Book of Prayer (New Zealand Prayer Book -Rev ed.: He Karakia Mihinare O Aotearoa), and highly recommend what I’ve seen.  If you…

Another great interview, this time with Eugene Peterson. I love Peterson’s belief that pastors should spend their first two years of seminary studying literature and reading fiction, so that “they can learn how to understand a story.”  Fantastic.