Sundays in Easter with Henri Nouwen On the Eucharistic Life This is the final Sunday in Eastertide and next Sunday we mark Pentecost. During this season we are contemplating words from Henri Nouwen on the eucharistic life. Our main source is his book, With Burning Hearts: A Meditation on the Eucharistic Life. • • • Today, we consider twoContinue reading “Sundays in Easter with Henri Nouwen: May 8, 2016”
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Progressive Antidotes: Worship not Performance – the Pursuit of Authenticity
Progressive Antidotes Worship not Performance – the Pursuit of Authenticity We are spending some time with Morgan Guyton’s new book, How Jesus Saves the World from Us: 12 Antidotes to Toxic Christianity. Guyton represents one of the three main streams that has flowed out of American evangelical culture to form post-evangelicalism. This third stream, as we discussedContinue reading “Progressive Antidotes: Worship not Performance – the Pursuit of Authenticity”
Sundays in Easter with Henri Nouwen: May 1, 2016
Sundays in Easter with Henri Nouwen On the Eucharistic Life On the remaining Sundays in Eastertide, we are contemplating some words from Henri Nouwen on the eucharistic life. Our main source will be his book, With Burning Hearts: A Meditation on the Eucharistic Life. • • • Today, Nouwen focuses his attention on the part of the EmmausContinue reading “Sundays in Easter with Henri Nouwen: May 1, 2016”
Sundays in Easter with Henri Nouwen: April 17, 2016
Sundays in Easter with Henri Nouwen On the Eucharistic Life On the remaining Sundays in Eastertide, we will provide some brief readings from Henri Nouwen on the eucharistic life. Our main source will be Nouwen’s book, With Burning Hearts: A Meditation on the Eucharistic Life. In the book’s introduction, Henri Nouwen tells why he wroteContinue reading “Sundays in Easter with Henri Nouwen: April 17, 2016”
Easter II: Lee Camp on “The Politics of Easter”
I saw this referenced and quoted over at Jesus Creed, and it is too good to not repeat. The following is from an article at the Huffington Post called, “The Politics of Easter,” by Lee C. Camp, professor of theology at Lipscomb University. Christianity is often misunderstood, and often misunderstood by the “believers.” Easter is aContinue reading “Easter II: Lee Camp on “The Politics of Easter””
Crux probat omnia
I have begun reading Fleming Rutledge’s outstanding new book, The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ, just in time for Good Friday. She notes that the contemporary church tends to neglect the crucifixion in favor of emphasizing the resurrection. This cannot be done! Rutledge insists upon “the unique significance of the crucifixion at the heart ofContinue reading “Crux probat omnia”
Pete Enns on trusting our beliefs more than trusting God
One of the books I’m anticipating most in 2016 in Peter Enns’s The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our “Correct” Beliefs, due out in early April. I believe it will be a great gift to those with the courage to question. For several years now, Pete has been on a journey,Continue reading “Pete Enns on trusting our beliefs more than trusting God”
Black & White Bible, Black & Blue Wife: Ruth Tucker’s Story
He dwelleth wyth his wyfe according to knowledge, that taketh her as a necessary helper, and not as a bonde servante, or a bonde slave. And yf she be not obedient and healpful unto hym, endeavoureth to beate the feare of God into her heade, that thereby she maye be compelled to learne her dutie,Continue reading “Black & White Bible, Black & Blue Wife: Ruth Tucker’s Story”
Lent III: Richard Rohr on Merton and a Life of Contradictions
Lent III Richard Rohr on Merton and a Life of Contradictions On Sundays in Lent this year I’m sharing some things I’ve been learning from Richard Rohr. Lent (Spring) is such a time of contradictions! Yesterday we were in northern Indiana, where a foot of snow had fallen a few days before. Large piles of plowedContinue reading “Lent III: Richard Rohr on Merton and a Life of Contradictions”
Epiphany V: An Introduction to Lent by Mark D. Roberts
A reader wrote this week and asked for basic information about Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season. I couldn’t think of a better introduction than this piece by Mark D. Roberts, who blogs at Patheos. • • • How Lent Can Make a Difference in Your Relationship with God by Rev. Dr. Mark D. RobertsContinue reading “Epiphany V: An Introduction to Lent by Mark D. Roberts”
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