Devotion
When Power is Abused
Tiredness, frustration, and trust by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com In the U2 song, Peace on Earth, Bono sings of his frustration about our constant talk of peace without it ever really happening. Peace, peace, when there is no peace is the cry of the prophet he is echoing. All around we see power corrupting and […]
Faith is a verb – a theology of love
by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com There is a line in the famous movie Ben Hur in which one of his relatives goes to hear Jesus speak. She comes back enthralled. The way she describes Jesus is by saying that he is like no one she has ever met before – he speaks words of life. […]
The Gist of Richard Rohr, Falling Upward
Richard Rohr, Falling Upward, Jossey-Bass, 2011 Falling Upward is, in my view, his ¢â‚¬Ëœbest yet ¢â‚¬â„¢ ¢â‚¬“ with more quotable quotes than any of his previous writings. Here I ¢â‚¬â„¢ll simply list a pot-pourri of his most memorable sayings, in three sections: The first half of life The second half of life, and The age-old principles […]
Broken Fingers
By Frank Fricke (A sermon preached at our home church, East Doncaster Baptist in Melbourne, a couple of Sundays ago). This morning I ¢â‚¬â„¢d like to try something a little different, right here at the start of the sermon I ¢â‚¬â„¢d like to ask Philip to play us a song that I have given him. So let ¢â‚¬â„¢s […]
A fascinating journey thru the Sistine Chapel
Here is an amazing bit of technology that you’ll probably never see in person. It is always very crowded and of course you can’t see Michelangelo’s artwork close up as you can here. This is especially spectacular if you have a large high-definition screen! The Sistine Chapel: Virtually view every part of Michaelangelo’s masterpiece. Just […]
Quotes
A good collection from a Facebook friend: I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: ‘I ¢â‚¬â„¢m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don ¢â‚¬â„¢t accept his claim to be God.’ That is the one thing we must not say. A man […]
Jesus liberates from mind games (Richard Rohr)
Jesus liberated us from mind games. If we are into philosophy we might have a hard time with Jesus. He does not lend himself to our games. Jesus preferred solitude and silence over study. He did study the scriptures, but whenever He wanted clarification He went away, alone and apart from the crowd. We like […]
LOVING THE TWO HALVES OF LIFE (Richard Rohr)
The Second Half In order to arrive at the second half of life, one has to realize there is an incurable wound at the heart of everything. Much of the conflict from the age of twenty-five to fifty-five is just trying to figure this out and then to truly accept it. A Swiss theologian, Hans […]
Knowledge and Wisdom
LOVING THE TWO HALVES OF LIFE: The First Half Friday, July 22, 2011 Feast of Mary Magdalene Years ago, in my theology class, I questioned the distinction between knowledge and wisdom as used both in Isaiah (11:2 [1]) and in Paul (1 Corinthians 12:8-9 [2]). Weren ¢â‚¬â„¢t they two words for the same thing? I realize […]
Threatened by Resurrection
One: During the 1980s, refugees fleeing the terror created in their own countries by United States foreign and trade policies, came across both the Mexican border and the United States border seeking sanctuary. Guatemalan poet, Julia Esquivel, recognizing the terror, torture, and death in her own country, wrote a poem conveying her faith in a God who […]
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