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Living Dead to the Opinions of Others
This story comes from The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. A brother came to see Abba Macarius the Egyptian and said, “Abba, give me a word that I may be saved.” (All we want is a word sometimes. We’re not into actually acting out. Just give me a pill.) The abba said to go to the tombs and abuse the…
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Politics, Faith, and Saving Liberalism
I Heart Barth posted a series of interviews with Miroslov Volf on his new book, A Public Faith. The third video was the one I found really interesting. There are liberals today who are Christian who say democracy isn’t compatible with Christian faith. Jesus was a Socialist. Volf says Christianity is compatible with democracy and what is more, liberals need to start acting…
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Reading the Word
When we plunge into the Word of God, do we treat it as though we are the surgeon or scientist? Are we out to make the Word prove itself to us? Does our analytical approach make us “master” over the text? How about this: how about allowing the Bible surprise you with its familiar words? Instead of us scrutinizing the Scripture,…
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OCCUPY
Some thoughts on occupation HERE. One I like alot: 6. Repent of our own selfishness, greed and consumerism; believe that we have enough. We are convinced we always need more in our culture: more space, more food, more money, more clothes, more things (or nicer versions of what we do have). We tend to form our identity by what we…
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Three Martyrdoms — White
Dick Brodgen in The Live Dead Journal talks about three martyrdoms: red, green, and white. In the Green Martyrdom the Irish would build communities and invite people in. They would invite people to belong before the invitation to believe. Even though the Green Martyrdom is hard because it is giving up one’s will for another person, what did happen was communities…
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Three Martyrdoms — Green
In the Live Dead Journal Dick Brogden discusses three types of martyrdoms. The green martyrdom comes from the stories of the Irish. The Irish established missional monasteries. These monasteries weren’t to get away from the world but to invite the world in. Their monasteries would be built in a compound style. They planted flowers and gardens, built roads and bridges, brewed ale,…
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Three Martyrdoms — Red
Dick Brogden may not be a name you know. He doesn’t care. What he cares about is proclaiming Christ to the nations, especially the peoples who have yet to hear. I’ve been going through a journal he edited called The Live Dead Journal. Halfway through, Dick talks about three martyrdoms. The Red Martyrdom is giving your life for Christ physically.…
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We Still Celebrate the Workaholics
In just the sports world, we see some shining examples of guys who don’t know how to gear it down and turn it off. It’s all around us, though. The big news this week in sports is the Twins firing their general manager. For a stable, plodding organization like the Twins, it’s huge news. It was a necessary move, in…
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It’s good to see the Nook catch up
http://yhoo.it/sJzxD5 I have the Nook and can use it as an Android thanks to my own personal geek. Now the be Nook will offer more than what I can do now.
