I have used this prayer – excellent and real!!
http://holdthisspace.org.au/prison-chaplains-workshop/
This is a holy space and a sacred time. Not because god is here in any special way – God is no different in this place to anywhere else – but because [...]
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Something special – a prayer for Prison
Posted in Chaplaincy, Christ, Christianity, Christology, Compassion, Conflict, Emergent, Emerging, Freedom, Good Theology, Holiness, Liturgy, Prayer, Prison, Reconciliation, Restoration on Thursday, October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s All About Jesus
Posted in Christianity, Christology, Compassion, Good Theology, Holiness, Institutionalism, Integrity, Reconciliation, Worship, tagged Christian, Compassion, Integrity, Jesus, Justice, Love, Shalom, Theology on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s All About Jesus: “
“Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.’” – Matthew 16:24-25
This truth is inescapable: If [...]
The Scandal of the Gospel
Posted in Christ, Christianity, Christology, Church, Freedom, Good Theology, Reconciliation, Theology, tagged Christian, Church, Compassion, Holiness, Justice, Shalom, Theology on Friday, September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Scandal of the Gospel: “
This is a message I wrote for my church that I hope extends encouragement to you as well.
In his modern-day classic, “The Ragamuffin Gospel”, Brennan Manning writes an poignant introduction to his book that I can’t help but think would make a meaningful manifesto for the kind of people we [...]
Is this the kind of fast I have chosen?
Posted in Christianity, Compassion, Evangelical, Good Theology, Integrity, Jerusalem, Judaism, Muslim, Ramadam, Reconciliation, Theology on Sunday, August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Re-posted article from The Jesus Manifesto
Originally Submitted by Jordan Peacock
http://www.jesusmanifesto.com/2009/08/is-this-the-kind-of-fast-i-have-chosen/
Email: hewhocutsdown@gmail.com Site: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=518179309 About: Jordan Peacock lives in Minnesota, south of the Twin Cities. He is finding it far easy to be outspoken than to integrate his life with his stated beliefs, and is slowly working to rectify that [...]
Re-thinking The Lord’s Supper
Posted in Christianity, Christology, Communion, Emergent, Emerging, Good Theology, Holiness, Reconciliation, Restoration, Theology on Friday, July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.jesusmanifesto.com/2009/05/rethinking-the-lords-supper/
In a tragic twist of irony, the venue in the Christian faith that was intended to unify believers of diverse stripes and beliefs has actually divided and split the church in untold ways.
I’m referring to Communion. The Lord’s Supper. The Eucharist. The Table.
It goes by many names, and has been practiced many ways. It [...]
Recent Books….
Posted in Books, Capital Punishment, Christianity, Christology, Communion, Conflict, Consumer, Control, Deception, Empire, Ethics, Evangelical, Evangelism, Fundamentalism, Good Theology, Institutionalism, Integrity, Postmodern, Punishment, Reconciliation, Theology, Violence, War, Wrath on Sunday, July 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Since I graduated with my BA last October, I have been determined to continue with my reading as much as possible. It is so easy to get burnt-out after having to read only parts of academic books and vow not to pick up another book. I must admit, I have read as widely as possible [...]
On recidivism and our responsibility by The OrthoCuban
Posted in Christianity, Christology, Crime, Culture, Good Theology, Institutionalism, Integrity, Justice, Prison, Reconciliation, Reformation, Restoration, Revenge, Theology, Violence on Sunday, July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.orthocuban.com/2009/05/on-recidivism-and-our-responsibility/
Father Orthoduck recently received a note in which a person commented on the problems that an ex-con faces, and there is significant truth in what that person said.
The problem is an offshoot of the popular religiosity subject which Fr. Obregón is beginning to discuss on his Orthocuban posts. In the USA officially we believe that [...]
Henri Nouwen: From Blaming to Forgiving
Posted in Christianity, Conflict, Good Theology, Henri Nouwen, Holiness, Integrity, Reconciliation, Restoration, Theology on Sunday, July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An excellent snippet found at : http://prodigal.typepad.com/prodigal_kiwi/2009/05/henri-nouwen-from-blaming-to-forgiving.html
“…Our most painful suffering often comes from those who love us and those we love. The relationships between husband and wife, parents and children, brothers and sisters, teachers and students, pastors and parishioners – these are where our deepest wounds occur. Even late in life, yes, even after those [...]
Eucharistic tensions
Posted in Christianity, Christology, Church, Communion, Freedom, Good Theology, Holiness, Integrity, Theology on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The mood really suits me////
http://sallysjourney.typepad.com/sallys_journey/2008/10/eucharistic-ten.html
The table is set,
the bread prepared,
the wine poured,
the white linen,
silver plate,
and goblet
have been
carefully positioned.
My ears are ready
to receive the invitation,
come!
And then
as bread is broken open
I am called forward.
Can I meet you
in the beauty
of this ritual?
You who were broken,
torn apart for us,
in a place where beauty
could not,
dare not reside.
But somehow I find [...]
More Henri Nouwen wisdom
Posted in Christianity, Conflict, Contemplation, Control, Creation, Culture, Deception, Fear, Freedom, Good Theology, Henri Nouwen, Holiness, Integrity, Love, Restoration, Theology, Urban Decay, Violence on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have really enjoyed the pearls of wisdom from this blog.
Find the article below at:- http://herbofgrace.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/saturday-march-7th-in-the-season-of-lent/
It’s hard sometimes to figure out how much choice we have in our suffering or grief. Henri Nouwen, who knew what It meant to suffer, shares this encouragement:
“…..every time there are losses there are choices to be made. You choose [...]
