tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125853462011-12-14T20:38:24.230-06:00<p><strong>per-pend</strong> :verb :Middle English, from Latin perpendere: from per- thoroughly + pendere: to weigh | 15th century transitive verb : to reflect on carefully :PONDER</p> <br> <p><blockquote>"It seems to me negligent, if after we have been confirmed in the faith, we do not strive to understand what we believe."</blockquote></p> <p>—St. Anselm (1033-1109)</p>Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09607336040763296549noreply@blogger.comBlogger661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12585346.post-68084927128633910922010-01-21T20:32:00.000-06:002010-01-21T20:32:43.905-06:00

... Americans, you may give your goods to feed the poor. You may give great gifts to charity. You may tower high in philanthropy. But if you have not love it means nothing. - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in his speech, "Paul's Letter to American Christians," Nov. 4, 1956. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier

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...and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, (1Pe 1:8 NASB)

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Microchurches have been around since New Testament days but have become more popular in the past decade. Though the groups differ widely in their practices, the majority serve less than 100 members, typically don't own the building where they meet, often practice nondenominational evangelism and intentionally offer believers a worship atmosphere unlike that of established churches. Many of the

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In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. famously declared that "11 o'clock Sunday morning is the most segregated hour of the week ... And the Sunday school is still the most segregated school." That largely remains true today.

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In these times when there's so much hysteria and heresay, it's encouraging to see there are some more realistic thinkers out there: "For Rawles, survivalism isn't about preparing for a post-apocalyptic future that may never arrive. It's about reconnecting with other people and embracing the skills needed to cope with the very real world that our grandparents and great-grandparents lived in.

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According to Michael; Bill Hybels, leader of Willow Creek and the seeker-sensitive movement had this to say, among other things: “We made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become ’self feeders.’ We should have gotten people, taught

Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09607336040763296549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12585346.post-18130772197073591842009-11-21T20:15:00.002-06:002009-11-21T20:18:18.547-06:00

On Jim Wallis' God's Politics blog, an interview with Tim Burton by Becky Garrison

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We hunger to be known and understood. We hunger to be loved. We hunger to be at peace inside our own skins. We hunger not just to be fed these things but, often without realizing it, we hunger to feed others these things because they too are starving for them. We hunger not just to be loved but to love, not just to be forgiven but to forgive, not just to be known and understood for all the good

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You know how when tragedy strikes people put aside their differences and come together—even former enemies? Their present situation is bigger than all of that; makes it all seem so petty and juvenile. Their former differences haven't changed, only the context. Why does tragedy have to be the impetus for the reconciliation?

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Christine Sine: Rhythm and Ritual to Live By (part 1)Our world seems to grow busier every day with conflicting commitments that pull us in many directions. Some of us feel the weight of changing the world lies on our shoulders. We know we are too busy but don’t know how to disconnect from our fast paced cyber-spaced world. Anxiety, depression and suicide are increasing. Growing evidence suggests

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They got their man in the White House, but now issues are coming up that they never anticipated having to address and they're noticeably unprepared.A government with Judeo-Christian values is one thing, but how many theocracies can we cite that are working?

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This country was founded and built on the backs of immigrants (illegal and otherwise). And now that it's the most affluent, safest, and powerful nation in the world—what, we don't want to share? "Okay, you guys helped us get it the way we like it, now go home. We'll take it from here."What happened to:"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched

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Ran across this the other day:"A Christianity which will bear witness to God's Word in Jesus will be a speaking, thinking,arguing, debating Christianity, which will not be afraid to engage in intellectual and philosophical contest with the prevailing dogmas of its day."-- Oliver O'Donovan, Begotten or Made? (Clarendon Press, 1984)

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The holidays having just passed, this seemed quite timely:http://www.chesterton.org/discover/nutshell/consumerism.htmAnd, of course this past Monday..."We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobile rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind."—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I repent, I repent,of my pursuit of America's dream.And I repent, I repent,of livin' like I deserve anything.Of my house, my fence, my kids, my wife,in our suburb where we're safe and white.Oh, I am wrong and of these things I repent.I repent, I repent,of parading my high liberty.And I repent, I repentof payin' for what I get for free.And of the way I believe that I'm livin' right.Trading sins

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By STEPHANIE COONTZ Published: July 5, 2005Olympia, Wash.THE last week has been tough for opponents of same-sex marriage. First Canadian and then Spanish legislators voted to legalize the practice, prompting American social conservatives to renew their call for a constitutional amendment banning such marriages here. James Dobson of the evangelical group Focus on the Family has warned that without

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From your Daily Dig by Leonardo BoffIs it possible to live in peace and happiness when you know that two-thirds of human beings are suffering, hungry and poor? To be human we have to have compassion. This solidarity is really the defining factor of our humanity and is gradually being lost in a culture of material values. It’s not only the cry of the poor we must listen to but also the cry of the

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From Perry Marshall ~~~Lie #1:'If you live a moral life, deny yourself pleasure, follow the prescribed rituals and give us enough money, you'll have a decent shot at being accepted by God.'~~~Remember that scene near the end of the Wizard of Oz, when Toto is pulling back the curtain? The sound system is bellowing, 'Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ HAS

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If we live our lives on this earth as if there is an afterlife, something more, and in the end it turns out we're wrong, what harm is done? Conversely, if we live this life as if there is nothing more, that this is all there is, when we're dead we simply cease to exist, and based on that live this life like there's no tomorrow as they say, in the end if we turn out to be wrong we spend eternity

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by Anthony de MelloAnother offering from Daily Dig.Loosely related to the 6/9 post 'Like a Butterfly'If you look carefully you will see that there is one thing and only one thing that causes unhappiness.Again and again we need to let go...

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I heard someone say on NPR recently that there are more important things to be debating about. The more important question isn't how this all came to be, but why. Whether it took seven 24-hour days as we know them, or 7 millenia, does it really matter? Seems rather academic to me.I would concede, in their position, I would also opt out.From the NYTimes Science page by Cornelia Dean, published

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In the interview, Jack White's statements on creativity are inspiring!A White-Striped Trip: 'Get Behind Me Satan'Jack and Meg White are the singer-drummer duo who make up the White Stripes. Their fifth CD, Get Behind Me Satan, is being hailed as an extension of the raw, energetic sound of their earliest work.From the NPR program Fresh Air from WHYY with Terry Gross A related story from the

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Chinese gamer sentenced to lifeMore gamers are taking disputes over virtual property to court. A Shanghai online gamer has been given a suspended death sentence for killing a fellow gamer.From the BBC News UK edition

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by Emmy ArnoldIt dawns on me more and more how trivial and short our lifespan is. It is like smoke; like a butterfly—it passes so quickly, flying away. Nobody, no one can bring back wasted years. One wishes that one would have always lived with eternity in mind.Five years ago today, he died at the age of 22...Source Daily Digmore later...

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Every evening the rabbi of Berditchev examined in his heart what he had done on that day, and repented every flaw he discovered. He said: "Levi Yitzhak will not do this again." Then he chided himself: "Levi Yitzhak said exactly the same thing yesterday!" And added: "Yesterday Levi Yitzhak did not speak the truth, but he does speak the truth today."He used to say: "Like a woman who suffers

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by Barbara Bradley HagertyMorning Edition, originally aired May 5, 2005 · In recent years, religious conservatives have been fighting the culture wars with new assertiveness. Many observers see a widespread nostalgia for America's early days, when most of the founders were Protestant and, some religious conservatives believe, Christian principles reigned.From NPR

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This is one of those times when someone makes such an obvious correlation, one has to wonder why it took so long.Kudos to ricoblog

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Ecc 5:12 HCSB The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.From Johann Christoph Arnold at Bruderhof CommunitiesSource: Daily DigAnd in a loosely related story from the NYTimes website this morning: The Mobility Myth by BOB HERBERT Published: June 6, 2005

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by Kay Redfield JamisonMorning Edition, from NPR, June 6, 2005I believe that curiosity, wonder and passion are defining qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers...Unless one wants to live a stunningly boring life, one ought to be on good terms with one's darker side and one's darker energies.Kay Redfield Jamison is a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her

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I know this might seem a bit out of context, but stay with me. Aren't we called to be good stewards of what we've been given? People tend to put stewardship in the context of money, but it certainly applies equally—maybe even more importantly—to the world around us. A zero-emission vehicle would be the ultimate in good stewardship toward this earth we've been charged with caring for. Subdue

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So this morning, we heard Mike Haley of Focus on the Family speak on the subject of 'Preserving Gender'. That title put me off a bit, but what he said was very realistic, and intelligent. He promoted the idea that, loving the sinner, but hating the sin missed the mark. He said, in the context of sexual preference, people tend to identify/define themselves as being homosexual. Thus, if you try to

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Sider: the Scandal of the Evangelical Consciencee-church points to this Christianity Today article by Ron Sider, an excerpt from his new book "The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience". It is a careful and well-documented look at how little those who claim to be Christians differ in their moral behavior from the general populace. Well worth reading and deeply contemplating ...The Scandal of the

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I've added some new pictures to the series at left. They're a little small now, but I intend to link them to larger versions in the near future. These are all pictures I took while on a mission trip to Haiti in March of this year. I went there with a construction crew to help with the setting up of an orphanage in the capitol city of Port-au-prince. My task was to build desks and chairs for the

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A new discovery based on the Oxyrhynchus Papyri offers insight into the ancient world, but it's not exactly the Holy Grail.From the NYTimes Arts section.By SARAH LYALLPublished: May 30, 2005

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Teaching Science: A Balanced Perspective on the Evolution vs. Creation Debateby Johann Christoph ArnoldThe root of the word “science” is “to know,” and its original meaning is simply the possession of knowledge as opposed to ignorance or misunderstanding. God gave us our brains and the ability to discover, to observe, and to learn. For us who believe, what we learn gives us reason for praise; it

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When I was a boy, I went to a summer camp that had a 'chapel' in the woods. It was an assembly of split logs on stumps for benches in the middle of a clearing. No building, no walls. That impression of worshiping surrounded by God's creation has never left me.Imagine this. Ministers casting off ties and suits and rolling up their starched sleeves. Church matriarchs replacing designer hats and

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Another from BBC News UK EditionAlfred Hermida Technology editor, BBC News website, in Los AngelesThe creator of the hugely popular Sims game is working on an ambitious title in which you can truly be God.See related article

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The Catholic Church has decided to use beer mats and posters as part of a campaign to recruit more priests.From BBC News UK Edition

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A somewhat different take on the state of the world. This would seem to fit quite well with the idea that good news doesn't get as much attention as the bad. We don't hear about the days that pass peacfully, that's not very interesting. Add to that the speed at which news travels in general in today's world and we get the impression that there is little, if any good present. Just something to

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Liberals and evangelical Christians can work together to fight poverty at home and abroad.From the NYTimes' Op-Ed Columnist, David Brooks, Published: May 26, 2005Related link: Saddleback Church

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A US publishing organisation has accused Google of breaching copyright rules through a plan to put university libraries online.We start letting people read books for free and there's no telling what might happen. He said, sarcastically.more from the BBC

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The Devil, they say, has all the best tunes. Until now he has also had the video games market sewn up.from the BBC

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Americans look to Jesus for dietFive loaves, two fish and a goblet of red wine could be on the menu for Americans if a new diet takes off.

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I was listening to a speaker this morning who posited the idea that instead of blaming the media or trying to shield our children from its evils, we take responsibility and teach them how to resist. What a concept! I think that would fall under the heading of 'parenting'.We often tend to be a society that is wont to point the finger, blaming others for our problems. When very likely they may have

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From the NYTimesThis article has got people talking,For further reading:Christian Engagement With The Ivy League from ApprehensionWhat's Wrong with Evangelicals? from Religious but not RightChristianity and Class at Brown from Daily Pepper

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Apologetics for our time, by Lauren F. Winner

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First from ABC News:ResurrectionThen from Beliefnet.com:The Resurrection of Jesus: An Interview with Lee Strobel

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Humanly speaking, it is possible to understand the Sermon on the Mount in a thousand different ways. But Jesus knows only one possibility: simple surrender and obedience - not intrepreting or applying it, but doing and obeying it. That is the only way to hear his words. He does not mean for us to discuss it as an ideal. He really means for us to get on with it.~Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906–1945 What

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The experience of losing your faith, or of having lost it, is an experience that in the long run belongs to faith; or at least it can belong to faith if faith is still valuable to you, and it must be or you would not have written me about this. I don't know how the kind of faith required of a Christian living in the 20th century can be at all if it is not grounded on this experience that you are

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posted by Jim Davila at his paleojudaica blog.

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This is from November of last year. I'll concede that it is not exactly breaking news, but it's still worth a read if you haven't seen it.The first paragraph:When America sat down last week for its annual rite of national Thanksgiving, some would argue that two different nations actually celebrated: upright, moral, traditional red America and the dissolute, liberal blue states clustered on the

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I was reminded recently of a story I've always enjoyed. It's the tale of the six blind men and the elephant.As the story goes, these six men encounter an elephant. And having never seen one, did not know what to expect. The first man exploring a tusk, says an elephant is very like a spear. The next, grabbing the trunk declares the elephant to be more of a snake. Near the elephant's head a third

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The secrets of the most high God, who created all things, cannot be obtained by our own ability and perceptions. Otherwise there would be no difference between God and man, if human thought could reach to the counsels and arrangements of that Eternal Majesty.ANF 7.9 Lanctantius

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I believe it to be a great mistake to present Christianity as something charming and popular with no offense in it.... We cannot blink at the fact that gentle Jesus meek and mild was so stiff in his opinions and so inflammatory in his language that he was thrown out of church, stoned, hunted from place to place, and finally gibbeted as a firebrand and a public danger. Whatever his peace was, it

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The bows, the stretching out [of the hands] during the Divine Office, the continual genuflections during prayer, confer on the monk, during the constant standing of the Office in the presence of God, humbling and abasement of the mind, warmth of the heart, purification of the body, ardor of the soul, and diligence in thought. For without prostrations, bows, stretching out the hands, and

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An entry from the blog of author John Scalzi.Within the above entry he refers to his earlier post.

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Telling insight from one Bob Hyatt. Husband to Amy, father to Jack and lead pastor to the evergreen community in Portland, OR.Other offerings from Bob definitely worth the read:bob.blognextChurchnetwork.orgNext-Wave: Church & Culture

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From ricoblog—

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From the NYTimes art & music

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From the NYTimes

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NYTimes.com: 'Playstations of the Cross'

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You are not only a Christian; you are either a male or a female whose life, in fact if not in theory, is as much determined by your sexual as by your religious needs and desires, thoughts, and instincts. The Christian community is not the only community you belong to. You are a member of a family community; you are a husband or wife, father or mother, son or daughter, brother or sister. And much

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From Tony CampoloPerhaps my favorite Kierkegaardian story is his parable of the ducks. He describes a town where only ducks live. Every Sunday the ducks waddle out of their houses and waddle down Main Street to their church. They waddle into the sanctuary and squat down in their proper pews. The duck choir waddles in and takes its place, then the duck minister comes forward and opens his duck

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I hear talk of the proliferation of physical calisthenics the Catholic Church incorporates into their services. One genuflects at the pew, kneels, stands, makes the sign of the cross, etc. It's been described as so much useless activity. And that it may well be—if one is not engaged. But how different is all that from raising one's palm/palms toward the stage during song, which is not uncommon at

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Courtesy of the New York Times

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From the Chicago Sun-Times

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