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The Life You Save May Be Your Own by Paul Elie started by markvans
I received this book under the mutual agreement with my friend Matt that, if we promised to buy it for one another, we would finally get around to reading perhaps the most recommended book I have ever come across.
holy fool started by markvans
"The kingdom of God has come near to you!" And with a laugh, the fool was gone.
A Jesus Manifesto started by markvans
So, this morning I got an email from Frank Viola’s publicist asking if I’d be willing to promote a document that he had co-written with Len Sweet. The document, A Magna Carta for Restoring the ...
What I’ve learned in 25 years started by markvans
These are a few things that I have learned, I wish I took more time to reflect upon where I have come from, maybe these thoughts may provoke you dear reader to reflect for yourself.
Come to me, all ye who labor for a living (part 3) started by markvans
Continuing “Come to me, all ye who labor for a living (part 2)”…
Jesus´ teaching and practice of working (and giving) without asking anything in return has significant implications. For instance, it makes our own work ...
Jesus´ teaching and practice of working (and giving) without asking anything in return has significant implications. For instance, it makes our own work ...
The Prodigal Consumer started by markvans
Sundays when I was little, our beleaguered mother — divorced, in school, raising three kids — put us on the church bus, put a roast in the crock pot, and settled in for a couple ...
Jesus Radicals Conference started by markvans
Our friends at Jesus Radicals are putting together what promises to be a very worthwhile conference. They have a grat lineup of speakers and sessions.
New Heaven, New Earth: Anarchism and Christianity Beyond Empire
August 14 & ...
New Heaven, New Earth: Anarchism and Christianity Beyond Empire
August 14 & ...
Law and Order started by markvans
Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, ...
Come to me, all ye who labor for a living (part 2) started by markvans
Continuing “Come to me, all ye who labor for a living”…
Jesus knew the vulnerability of human life, the daily need for food and shelter to survive. And he knew the anxiety that can overwhelm us ...
Jesus knew the vulnerability of human life, the daily need for food and shelter to survive. And he knew the anxiety that can overwhelm us ...
sometimes God works with gentle drizzle… started by markvans
I'm constantly frustrated with the pace that I am at, and thus the pace that I feel the world is at.
Come to me, all ye who labor for a living started by markvans
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you ...
Can a Christian Be Rich? started by markvans
Can a Christian be rich? That depends on how you define “rich”. If being rich means earning much money, it is neither good nor bad, because you can earn much money and still give it ...
The War Prayer started by markvans
Editor’s Note: I thought that the following bit of satire, written by Mark Twain, would be a fitting way to recognize Memorial Day.
It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was ...
It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was ...
Number 4 a sonnet started by markvans
One day in seven, we were told,
One year in seven years,
To help to ease our growing old,
Give time for healing tears.
Though rest has now become today
A new four-letter-word,
We all would do well to obey
The commandment of our Lord.
Nature, art, and solitude
(A sil
One year in seven years,
To help to ease our growing old,
Give time for healing tears.
Though rest has now become today
A new four-letter-word,
We all would do well to obey
The commandment of our Lord.
Nature, art, and solitude
(A sil
Radicals Resting in God’s Fury: Brennan Manning’s ‘The Furious Longing of God’ started by markvans
Why should Christian radicals – ordinary and otherwise – read Brennan Manning’s books?
Because if we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that many days, our principal efforts lie in one or two good but ultimately idolatrous ...
Because if we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that many days, our principal efforts lie in one or two good but ultimately idolatrous ...
“Sustainability” was not in Jesus´ vocabulary started by markvans
A discussion today with a friend reminded me of this part of my journal, kept while living and working at a Catholic Worker house:
In a discussion last weekend, someone mentioned that a big concern for ...
In a discussion last weekend, someone mentioned that a big concern for ...
Rethinking the Lord’s Supper started by markvans
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 ...
I’m referring to ...
physician, heal thyself started by markvans
No movement, no life. Unless a grain falls and dies… He took a hot breath and stepped out. But he stopped abruptly when he reached his shiny car, every surface reflecting the blazing sun. My power is made perfect in weakness. Taking off his stethoscope, he gently laid it on the gleamin
Deutscher Sieg (Lucifer, Part I) started by markvans
A priest may be a better bet. He could take your confession. You could say 'Father, I was ashamed of my own nature. I looked with lust upon a man -- but was afraid to tell him. Afraid of my friends' mockery. So I helped them beat the shit out of him. I betrayed him because I was afraid to love
Can theology help us anymore? started by markvans
Perhaps this post should more accurately be titled ‘toward a theology that matters’. What I mean to say is that theology seems so very disconnected from actual life, any Theologian, worth listening to, will ...
In the Infinite abyss started by markvans
In the grand scheme of things the humanity of God is vital to the contemplative reflection of individual Christians and to Christian communities, that God came to be with us, that God continues to be with us, that God reveals God’s self to us are vital to the project which God wills%2
@collapse: exploring the future of blogging against empire started by markvans
In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, many fantastic tales of survival and heroism emerged. Most bizarre was the tale of a man who, high up in the smoldering towers, surfed down the shattered skyscrapers ...
Educational Nemesis started by markvans
Give an underprivileged child a new set of clothes, a ruler and lunch box at the summer’s end and you will be called a hero. Tell that same child that if she knew what was ...
Book Review: reJesus, by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch started by markvans
In missional church circles, “Frost & Hirsch” is certifiably a household phrase. The authors, Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch, have written one previous book together – The Shaping of Things to Come – and ...
Waterboarding Saves Lives started by markvans
It started with Facebook. A friend of mine, a diehard conservative who once brought a Walkman to a monastery retreat so that he wouldn’t have to miss Rush Limbaugh, posted this article, with a comment ...
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