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Clergy swapping denominations: how many?
Sightings 8/29/2011 Ordinariate — Martin E. Marty Hurricanes, earthquakes, droughts, famines, tsunamis, floods, volcanic eruptions, and many other natural disasters ¢â‚¬”supernatural disasters and signals to Glenn Beck and Pat Robertson ¢â‚¬”are prime global and local topics. They inspire prayer and practical responses, but they also provide metaphoric language for religion. Try this, from National Catholic Reporter: ¢â‚¬Å“NO EARTHQUAKE FROM […]
New Monasticism
School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism. Edited by The Rutba House (Eugene: Cascade, 2005) Review by Darren Cronshaw (for a forthcoming edition of Crucible online journal) Coordinator of Leadership Training, Baptist Union of Victoria Pastor, Auburn Baptist Church A persistent question that echoes through my mind as a pastor is what […]
THE ONLY CHURCH THAT ILLUMINATES IS A BURNING CHURCH
Slavoj ZizekABC RELIGION AND ETHICS8 AUG 2011 SPANISH ANARCHIST BUENAVENTURA DURUTTI SAID: “THE ONLY CHURCH THAT ILLUMINATES IS A BURNING CHURCH.” HE WAS RIGHT, THOUGH NOT IN THE ANTI-CLERICAL SENSE HIS REMARK WAS INTENDED TO HAVE. Why is theology emerging again as a point of reference for radical politics? It is emerging not in order to supply […]
Fidgety boy during the sermon
After a worship service at First Baptist Church in Newcastle, Kentucky, a mother with a fidgety seven-year-old boy told the pastor how she finally got her son to sit still and be quiet. “About halfway through the sermon, she leaned over and whispered, ‘If you don’t be quiet, Pastor Charlton is going to lose his […]
Seafarers’ Sunday July 10, 2011
(Thanks Alan Matheson) Hi “They can be hidden. They are unknown. They arrive and depart unnoticed.” Our country churches and their farmer members would be bankrupt without them. Our city ministers without them would be pedalling bikes. Our tables would be sparse. Wardrobes would be empty. Myers would be bankrupt. No TV,radio,iPods or laptops. We’re […]
Why Creatives Leave the Church
by: Brian Orme The church is made up of all kinds of people – businessmen and women, farmers, industrial workers, theologians, teachers, blue collar, white collar, entrepreneurs, servants, and leaders – but there ¢â‚¬â„¢s one group of people that the church is in danger of losing: her creatives. Why is it so hard for creatives to […]
Generation Wandering: Young people and institutions
Sightings <[email protected]> wrote: *Sightings* 6/20/2011 — Martin E. Marty Backlash against the hyper-institutionalism of religious organizations in the 1950s led first to revolt ( ¢â‚¬Å“the sixties ¢â‚¬ ) and the birth of a lifestyle summarized in the mantra, ¢â‚¬Å“I ¢â‚¬â„¢m not religious, but I ¢â‚¬â„¢m spiritual. ¢â‚¬ Today some returnees are nervy enough to lash back with an opposite mantra: ¢â‚¬Å“I ¢â‚¬â„¢m […]
Catholic sexual abuse study greeted with incurious contempt
Posted Fri May 27, 2011 3:34pm AEST Pope Benedict XVI visits the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem’s Old City May 12, 2009. (Reuters: Ronen Zvulun) I suppose I should no longer be surprised by the self-righteous cynicism and seemingly wilful ignorance of the media when it comes to reporting on Catholic affairs. […]
CHURCH AS PERMACULTURE (Richard Rohr)
If we want a sustainable church, let ¢â‚¬â„¢s go to the lowest possible level and build it on that foundation (gathering positively around love and caring), and then keep rebuilding it with inherent tools (healing, forgiveness, and community building around projects). Just gather ¢â‚¬Å“two or three ¢â‚¬ (Matthew 18:20 [1]) loving, committed, servant-oriented people and we have […]
Healing in the Church
CHURCH AS PERMACULTURE ¢â‚¬Å“Permaculture ¢â‚¬ ventures tend to be energetically frugal. ¢â‚¬Å“How can things be done with the least amount of manufactured energy? ¢â‚¬ Permaculture people have made a real art form of simplicity. They are fascinated by doing as much as possible with as little artificial energy as possible. Energetically frugal, technologically frugal, intellectually and creatively […]
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