May 2008 Blog Posts (9)

Art for the Subject of Religion and Violence

Dennis Di Vincenzo is a friend of mine and an extraordinary graphic artist and designer. He created this illustration as an editorial on the subject of religion and violence. And he is willing to make a 300dpi print-resolution version available iff you would find it of use. Let me… Continue

Added by Mel Ahlborn on May 28, 2008 at 11:56am — No Comments

Anglimergent Bishop on YouTube: +Jeff Lee !

Added by Karen Ward on May 26, 2008 at 8:12am — No Comments

My Summer with Daddy King, By Gurdon Brewster

This week, I’ve been reading a book I found in the Episcopal Bookstore in Seattle (on my February trek out to Olympia to teach a workshop at St. John’s). I was surprised to see it there, and I hardly cracked it open until the day before yesterday, when I found it was stuck to my hand and wouldn’t let go (you'll see, and I won't even mention the recipes). I was surprised to see Gurdon's name on the book, because he was a mentor of mine when I lived in Ithaca, NY (1978-80). It seems he still is a… Continue

Added by Ana Hernandez on May 19, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

A Prequel - "Where's the girl?!"

Greetings all,

This is a note about the not-so-recent past. Think of it as a prequel that doesn't require you to sit in a dark theater, or eat popcorn. Feel free to do those things, though, if you think it'll help. Feel free to skip this post and come back another time for something more to your liking... Hey, it could happen! Future posts will deal with life as I experience it (whoa!), and the beauty that is all around us, which lately means music, chanting workshops, recording sessions,… Continue

Added by Ana Hernandez on May 18, 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments

The Undercover Miracle of Forgiveness

What follows is an article by Christiane Amanpour for cnn.com. I wonder whether her portrayal of Kagame is not a little rosy. But the story itself is the Kingdom at work. It can be retrieved at http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/15/amanpour.rwanda/index.html

What does Macy's have to do with healing from genocide? Nothing and everything.

Fourteen years after Hutu extremists killed between 800,000 and 1 million people -- mostly Tutsis -- in a devastating… Continue

Added by Patrick Hall on May 15, 2008 at 1:09pm — No Comments

Episcopalians and Lutherans explore The New Conspirators edge

The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time -

Fellow local Episcopalian, Tom Sine has a new book that has recently been released called The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time. In this book he offers an insightful look into the rapidly changing face of the church in the twenty-first century. Tom presents us with helpful and hopeful overview of new faith expressions - Emerging Church, Missional Church,… Continue

Added by Eliacin Rosario-Cruz on May 14, 2008 at 2:44pm — No Comments

Further Proof

... that I am a liturgical fundamentalist.

But you know the difference between a liturgist and a terrorist, right?

Terrorists negotiate.

And seriously, in the linked post, I try to find some common language between lefty baptist life and Anglo-Catholic cantankerousness. We'll see if it works...

Added by Kyle Potter on May 10, 2008 at 4:30am — 10 Comments

The Thoughtfully Crafted Question - with some help from Rob Bell

The Episcopal Diocese of Texas will be electing a new bishop this month. Tomorrow is the walkabout with the candidates here in Houston where I live. I've decided that my vote will be determined, for the most part, by the way the candidates answer the following question. The quoted section is from Rob Bell's Velvet Elvis.

Several of us dream of starting "new kinds of communities that put the love of God and the brilliance of Jesus on display in honest, compelling ways." We dream of… Continue

Added by Patrick Hall on May 9, 2008 at 11:16pm — 10 Comments

Monastic Thoughts

Here is an index of the entire series on our community's exploration of monastic practice.

To De-Pimp and Re-Monk

Benedictine Monasticism and Celtic Mission

More Monastic… Continue

Added by Kyle Potter on May 9, 2008 at 4:57am — No Comments