Monks of Invention
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Curating the unique stories of shepherding leaders as examples of being fully human and fully devoted to the human vocation of love.
April 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Pretty fantastic specimen of a documentary that highlights the value of meaningful friendships outside your work world.
April 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Pretty fantastic specimen of a documentary that highlights the value of meaningful friendships outside your work world.
If you feel God has called you to shepherd people of faith, you don't have to be the best pastor--you only have to be the most flourishing and fulfilled version of yourself. thecpdm.com
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April 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you feel God has called you to shepherd people of faith, you don't have to be the best pastor--you only have to be the most flourishing and fulfilled version of yourself. thecpdm.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
As a hospice chaplain, I work with people who die—it’s inherent to the work itself. What I find intriguing is the relationship one forms with death and dying, which can, strangely enough, be described as a profound mundanity.
April 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
As a hospice chaplain, I work with people who die—it’s inherent to the work itself. What I find intriguing is the relationship one forms with death and dying, which can, strangely enough, be described as a profound mundanity.
April 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“The final vote of man’s spirit—
For what is it cast?”
—Howard Thurman
For what is it cast?”
—Howard Thurman
February 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“The final vote of man’s spirit—
For what is it cast?”
—Howard Thurman
For what is it cast?”
—Howard Thurman
Well, today we did our first test recording for the podcast…one more to dial things in and we’re off! Once we get a bunch of episodes recorded we’ll be ready to launch!
February 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Well, today we did our first test recording for the podcast…one more to dial things in and we’re off! Once we get a bunch of episodes recorded we’ll be ready to launch!
February 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It took a couple years, but I finally got my hands on Thurman’s poems. What a great month for it too! #blackhistorymonth #howardthurman
February 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It took a couple years, but I finally got my hands on Thurman’s poems. What a great month for it too! #blackhistorymonth #howardthurman
“I’m any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts…negotiation; selection-purification; and direct action.” MLK
#blackhistorymonth
#blackhistorymonth
February 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“I’m any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts…negotiation; selection-purification; and direct action.” MLK
#blackhistorymonth
#blackhistorymonth
“In the summer of 1963, am army brandishing only the healing sword of nonviolence humbled the most powerful, the most experienced and the most implacable segregationists in the country (Birmingham).”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
February 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“In the summer of 1963, am army brandishing only the healing sword of nonviolence humbled the most powerful, the most experienced and the most implacable segregationists in the country (Birmingham).”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
We just want to say, if you’re an air traffic controller or work in the industry we see you and trust your expertise in your field!
January 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We just want to say, if you’re an air traffic controller or work in the industry we see you and trust your expertise in your field!
January 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“We can never leave behind our concerns in the safe deposit of opinions, nor delegate its force to others and so attain vicarious insights.”
—Rabbi Heschel
—Rabbi Heschel
January 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“We can never leave behind our concerns in the safe deposit of opinions, nor delegate its force to others and so attain vicarious insights.”
—Rabbi Heschel
—Rabbi Heschel
“Speculative prosperity is no answer to spiritual bankruptcy.”
—Rabbi Heschel
—Rabbi Heschel
January 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“Speculative prosperity is no answer to spiritual bankruptcy.”
—Rabbi Heschel
—Rabbi Heschel
Refusing to let hate have the final word: the hidden history of human rights in Idaho idahocapitalsun.com/2025/01/08/r...
Refusing to let hate have the final word: the hidden history of human rights in Idaho • Idaho Capital Sun
Action and nonviolent resistance, an example set by Bill Wassmuth, can counter even the most entrenched forms of hate, writes Jess Westhoff.
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January 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Refusing to let hate have the final word: the hidden history of human rights in Idaho idahocapitalsun.com/2025/01/08/r...
David Whyte: Essentials
January 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
David Whyte: Essentials
Today is a National Day of Mourning for President Jimmy Carter (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024).
From Publishers Weekly: Jimmy Carter's Christian Literary Voice https://buff.ly/3BXox4V
From Publishers Weekly: Jimmy Carter's Christian Literary Voice https://buff.ly/3BXox4V
January 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The pattern of his ministry and the circumstances of his arrest & execution make one thing pretty clear:
Following Jesus is activism.
Fandom is another matter entirely. You can do that relatively safely.
But following Jesus? Taking up the cross? That’s good trouble, beloved.
Following Jesus is activism.
Fandom is another matter entirely. You can do that relatively safely.
But following Jesus? Taking up the cross? That’s good trouble, beloved.
January 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
David Whyte: Essentials
January 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
David Whyte: Essentials
What a fantastically multifaceted picture of the Vietnam era from the perspective of soldiers, poets, monks, artists and activist priests! #ADHD reading habits.
January 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What a fantastically multifaceted picture of the Vietnam era from the perspective of soldiers, poets, monks, artists and activist priests! #ADHD reading habits.
January 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM