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A resource for information on the topics of contemplative activism, postmodern religion, and public theology.
A resource for information on the topics of contemplative activism, postmodern religion, and public theology.
Today's #lectionary gospel reading is Matthew 14:22-33; Jesus calls Peter to come to him on the water. Some years ago I was shocked to hear a priest give a homily where he said we can think of the boat as the Church--it can provide safety from the storm, BUT in this story, /1
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Today's #lectionary gospel reading is Matthew 14:22-33; Jesus calls Peter to come to him on the water. Some years ago I was shocked to hear a priest give a homily where he said we can think of the boat as the Church--it can provide safety from the storm, BUT in this story, /1
Today's #lectionary gospel reading is Matthew 14:22-33 about Jesus walking on the water and calling Peter to him on the water. I live with a lot of anxiety; to me today this story was about how God calls us away from our "security blankets" (in the story, a boat, but also... /1
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Today's #lectionary gospel reading is Matthew 14:22-33 about Jesus walking on the water and calling Peter to him on the water. I live with a lot of anxiety; to me today this story was about how God calls us away from our "security blankets" (in the story, a boat, but also... /1
I try to do the #dailyoffice every day but for the past several weeks it's been less consistent. Today at church I received the Eucharist thinking about how God is with me and loves me regardless of my consistency praying the daily office. 👍
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
I try to do the #dailyoffice every day but for the past several weeks it's been less consistent. Today at church I received the Eucharist thinking about how God is with me and loves me regardless of my consistency praying the daily office. 👍
When I was first deconstructing from a traditionalist/literalist religious paradigm I *really* valued the perspectives of #johnshelbyspong and other liberal theologians. They helped me think about how one might be able to be a Christian in a more expansive way. /1
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
When I was first deconstructing from a traditionalist/literalist religious paradigm I *really* valued the perspectives of #johnshelbyspong and other liberal theologians. They helped me think about how one might be able to be a Christian in a more expansive way. /1
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
The sermon at my parish today was about The Banquet of the Kingdom. I looooove that metaphor. God is like a party where everyone is welcome, joyful, having fun, and enjoying one another's company and the experience. No one is worrying or anxious or sad. This is my Christian hope.
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
The sermon at my parish today was about The Banquet of the Kingdom. I looooove that metaphor. God is like a party where everyone is welcome, joyful, having fun, and enjoying one another's company and the experience. No one is worrying or anxious or sad. This is my Christian hope.
I have an anxious, neurotic disposition and it takes a lot of work each day to call my mind down. I appreciate passages like this:
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
I have an anxious, neurotic disposition and it takes a lot of work each day to call my mind down. I appreciate passages like this:
Briefly made a pilgrimage to @CACRadicalGrace today. (Hopefully the visitors center will be open again soon!)
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Briefly made a pilgrimage to @CACRadicalGrace today. (Hopefully the visitors center will be open again soon!)
@PetroglyphNPS
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
@PetroglyphNPS
"Reality can be understood most fully by putting together *all* of the stories that give insight into different levels of reality." -- @bgreene
@onbeing @kristatippett https://www.stitcher.com/episode/85450764
@onbeing @kristatippett https://www.stitcher.com/episode/85450764
On Being with Krista Tippett
Listen to On Being with Krista Tippett on Pandora - Wisdo...
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December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
"Reality can be understood most fully by putting together *all* of the stories that give insight into different levels of reality." -- @bgreene
@onbeing @kristatippett https://www.stitcher.com/episode/85450764
@onbeing @kristatippett https://www.stitcher.com/episode/85450764
"A religion that is not constantly spawning alternatives and heresies has ceased to think and has achieved only the peace of the grave."
(Philip Jenkins "Jesus Wars" 2010)
(Philip Jenkins "Jesus Wars" 2010)
December 2, 2024 at 11:07 AM
"A religion that is not constantly spawning alternatives and heresies has ceased to think and has achieved only the peace of the grave."
(Philip Jenkins "Jesus Wars" 2010)
(Philip Jenkins "Jesus Wars" 2010)
A Short Overview of Christian Ethics according to Roger Crook http://hazelnutnotes.com/2021/07/03/a-short-overview-of-christian-ethics-according-to-roger-crook/
A Short Overview of Christian Ethics according to Roger C...
Summary of excerpts of An Introduction to Christian Ethic...
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December 2, 2024 at 11:07 AM
A Short Overview of Christian Ethics according to Roger Crook http://hazelnutnotes.com/2021/07/03/a-short-overview-of-christian-ethics-according-to-roger-crook/
Kathryn Tanner’s Systematic Theology: AN OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS http://hazelnutnotes.com/2021/07/01/kathryn-tanners-systematic-theology-an-outline-and-questions/
Kathryn Tanner’s Systematic Theology: AN OUTLINE AND QUES...
This is an outline of Kathryn Tanner’s Jesus, Humanity, a...
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December 2, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Kathryn Tanner’s Systematic Theology: AN OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS http://hazelnutnotes.com/2021/07/01/kathryn-tanners-systematic-theology-an-outline-and-questions/
Thoughts and Reflections on “the Fathers of the Church” by Mike Aquilina http://hazelnutnotes.com/2021/07/01/thoughts-and-reflections-on-the-fathers-of-the-church-by-mike-aquilina/
Thoughts and Reflections on “the Fathers of the Church” b...
Assorted thoughts and reflections based on a recent read ...
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December 2, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Thoughts and Reflections on “the Fathers of the Church” by Mike Aquilina http://hazelnutnotes.com/2021/07/01/thoughts-and-reflections-on-the-fathers-of-the-church-by-mike-aquilina/
#dailyoffice Acts 2:46 @themessage
Christian worship and community can include potluck dinners at each other's homes among friends and family! Hanging out while sharing in happiness and fellowship is a genuine way to "do church."
Christian worship and community can include potluck dinners at each other's homes among friends and family! Hanging out while sharing in happiness and fellowship is a genuine way to "do church."
December 2, 2024 at 11:07 AM
#dailyoffice Acts 2:46 @themessage
Christian worship and community can include potluck dinners at each other's homes among friends and family! Hanging out while sharing in happiness and fellowship is a genuine way to "do church."
Christian worship and community can include potluck dinners at each other's homes among friends and family! Hanging out while sharing in happiness and fellowship is a genuine way to "do church."
Where my faith and my work as a scientist meet https://www.christiancentury.org/article/first-person/where-my-faith-and-my-work-scientist-meet via @ChristianCent.
Thanks so much @Emily_L_Boring for this thoughtful article.
Thanks so much @Emily_L_Boring for this thoughtful article.
Where my faith and my work as a scientist meet
It’s difficult to study the phylogenetic tree and still f...
www.christiancentury.org
December 2, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Where my faith and my work as a scientist meet https://www.christiancentury.org/article/first-person/where-my-faith-and-my-work-scientist-meet via @ChristianCent.
Thanks so much @Emily_L_Boring for this thoughtful article.
Thanks so much @Emily_L_Boring for this thoughtful article.
"I left this book with the same basic questions as when I started: how can we practically implement a #Christian #economic system, either individually or communally, in a world that has been dominated by liberal #capitalism for several centuries?" /1
December 2, 2024 at 11:17 AM
"I left this book with the same basic questions as when I started: how can we practically implement a #Christian #economic system, either individually or communally, in a world that has been dominated by liberal #capitalism for several centuries?" /1
“Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism” by Kathryn Tanner: an argument for a wholesale reorganization of economic life...
December 2, 2024 at 11:07 AM
“Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism” by Kathryn Tanner: an argument for a wholesale reorganization of economic life...
"All in all, what I find useful in #Existentialism is that it helps give me more courage to make choices that are true and authentic to me even if they disappoint other people. I agree with them that most people most of the time take the easy road of social conformity." /1
Ruminations on Existentialism: tentative agreements and disagreements http://hazelnutnotes.com/2021/06/04/ruminations-on-existentialism-tentative-agreements-and-disagreements/
Ruminations on Existentialism: tentative agreements and d...
In my attempts to get a handle on the key schools of thou...
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December 2, 2024 at 11:17 AM
"All in all, what I find useful in #Existentialism is that it helps give me more courage to make choices that are true and authentic to me even if they disappoint other people. I agree with them that most people most of the time take the easy road of social conformity." /1
Ruminations on Existentialism: tentative agreements and disagreements http://hazelnutnotes.com/2021/06/04/ruminations-on-existentialism-tentative-agreements-and-disagreements/
Ruminations on Existentialism: tentative agreements and d...
In my attempts to get a handle on the key schools of thou...
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December 2, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Ruminations on Existentialism: tentative agreements and disagreements http://hazelnutnotes.com/2021/06/04/ruminations-on-existentialism-tentative-agreements-and-disagreements/
"Please don’t squander one bit of this marvelous life God has given us."
2 Cor 6:1 @themessage #dailyoffice
2 Cor 6:1 @themessage #dailyoffice
December 2, 2024 at 11:12 AM
"Please don’t squander one bit of this marvelous life God has given us."
2 Cor 6:1 @themessage #dailyoffice
2 Cor 6:1 @themessage #dailyoffice
90%-ish of #Episcopal priests who donate to political candidate donate to Democrats.
Interesting given that rank-and-file parishioners are much more evenly split, politically-speaking...
Interesting given that rank-and-file parishioners are much more evenly split, politically-speaking...
December 2, 2024 at 11:12 AM
90%-ish of #Episcopal priests who donate to political candidate donate to Democrats.
Interesting given that rank-and-file parishioners are much more evenly split, politically-speaking...
Interesting given that rank-and-file parishioners are much more evenly split, politically-speaking...
Deadline is this Thursday. It's a good time here in the #bluegrass.
Come be my parish's next rector!
@danvilleky @DanvilleCityKY is a great place to live and work!
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/jobs/rector-504/
@danvilleky @DanvilleCityKY is a great place to live and work!
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/jobs/rector-504/
December 2, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Deadline is this Thursday. It's a good time here in the #bluegrass.
"You seem to spend most of your time at parties. Why?” Jesus said, “When you’re celebrating a wedding, you don’t skimp on the cake and wine. You feast. ... This is Kingdom Come!" Lk 5:33-35 MSG #dailyoffice
December 2, 2024 at 11:12 AM
"You seem to spend most of your time at parties. Why?” Jesus said, “When you’re celebrating a wedding, you don’t skimp on the cake and wine. You feast. ... This is Kingdom Come!" Lk 5:33-35 MSG #dailyoffice
Come be my parish's next rector!
@danvilleky @DanvilleCityKY is a great place to live and work!
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/jobs/rector-504/
@danvilleky @DanvilleCityKY is a great place to live and work!
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/jobs/rector-504/
December 2, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Come be my parish's next rector!
@danvilleky @DanvilleCityKY is a great place to live and work!
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/jobs/rector-504/
@danvilleky @DanvilleCityKY is a great place to live and work!
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/jobs/rector-504/