October 2008 Blog Posts (12)

Prayer and the Facts of Life

“Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s words usually seem worth reading but rarely move me to action. So why I felt as though suddenly struck by lightning upon reading these words the other night is beyond me. Truth be told, I wasn’t even reading Emerson at the time I stumbled across them. I was reading an essay about him by Mary Oliver in her book Long Life: Essays and other Writings. She went on to say “and suddenly… Continue

Added by Ana Hernandez on October 30, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Keep our Community in mind in Mexico as we celebrate "Dia de los Muertos"

This weekend many Mexicans will be celebrating all Souls (Dia de los Muertos) to honor and cherish their loved ones. Christ Church Parish in Mexico City will be celebrating our third U2/MIsa to commemorate the heroes of the last century who have struggled for peace, justice, inclusion, and tolerance in our world. I feel we need more prophetic voices both outside and inside the church. Do any of your commuities celebrate "Dia de Los Muertos" with… Continue

Added by Vincent Karl Schwahn Ryckman on October 29, 2008 at 3:04pm — No Comments

What is community

Last weekend at our diocesan convention we passed the standing rules for the election of the next bishop of Minnesota. They seemed straight forward enough – I mean, I read them and they were okay but as the conversation unfolded at my table I realized that I had not read them nearly carefully enough. It was a lot of points, somewhat legalistic and at the end of a convention booklet. So when the discussion started, a paragraph jumped out at… Continue

Added by Michele H. Morgan on October 29, 2008 at 10:35am — 3 Comments

Emerging Theology Pub

Emerging Church Theology Pub

at the AAR in Chicago

Sunday Nov 2

6-8

Bar Louie on Printer's Row (47 Polk St, couple blocks behind the Hyatt)

Join hostess Nadia Bolz-Weber (House for All Sinners and Saints, Author of Salvation on the Small Screen? 24 Hours of Christian Television) for a Theology Pub featuring Becky Garrison (Religious satirist and author, Rising From the Ashes: Re-thinking Church), Doug Gay (University of Glasgow, Author, Alternative Worship:… Continue

Added by Becky Garrison on October 28, 2008 at 10:48am — 3 Comments

Emerging Street Churches

Many of us have been talking about the work of Ecclesia Ministries as key to understanding emerging church....here's a great story about the ordination of the newest priest in the nationwide network of street churches.

Added by Sara Miles on October 28, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Beginning at the Beginning

In order to increase conversation and traffic on the site, we in the Episcopal Church group (TEC) has set up this little rotation of bloggers. I'm the first up. And, frankly, I haven't posted sooner it's difficult to know where to start.

I wonder if we don't all feel this way at the beginning of something. Beginnings matter, right? In the beginning God created...In the beginning was the word...

We are beginning our conversation about planting an 'emerging' community in… Continue

Added by Wendy Johnson on October 15, 2008 at 3:41pm — 2 Comments

The Network of Christ

I've just been reading Jonny Baker's Blog (http://jonnybaker.blogs.com/jonnybaker/). Jonny has been reading Clay Shirky's Book, "Here comes everybody" and blogging on his thoughts. As part of this he has posted a thought-provoking treatment of 1 Corinthians 12, which I thought I would bring to your notice.

So often we can become overfamiliar with scripture, but this really made me think about my place, and the place of my church in the developing new landscapes of church, which I presume… Continue

Added by Andrew Sillis on October 15, 2008 at 5:30am — No Comments

"Good is the enemy of Great"

I've just finished listening to the unabridged book-on-CD version of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and am now starting in on the audio-book Good to Great.

The first observation of Good to Great hit me pretty hard: "Good is the enemy of Great." The gist is that organizations/companies/movements/individuals don't move to being "great" because they are satisfied with "good".

That made me think both the community to which I belong (St.… Continue

Added by James L. Thibodeaux on October 14, 2008 at 2:49pm — No Comments

Doing U/2charists How do we make a change?

Christ Church in Mexico City will be celebrating it's third U2/Misa in Spanish this time in the historical downtown church built in 1895, now designated to be a cultural project of the British American Museum in Mexico City, an outreach project of Christ Church Parish. These eucharists have brought together so many people from many walks of life and have been very ecumenical in flavor so much so that the Jesuit University in Puebla will be having their first U2/Misa in November of this year… Continue

Added by Vincent Karl Schwahn Ryckman on October 11, 2008 at 12:19pm — 2 Comments

Some of my fave Anglicans you may know... in no particular order

C.S Lewis(Author of The Chronicles of Narnia)

Charlotte Bronte (Author of Jane Eyre)

John Steinbeck (Author of The Grapes of Wrath)

George Washington (1st U.S. President)

Desmond Tutu (South African Bishop and Peacemaker)

Saint Patrick (Patron saint of Ireland)

Bono (Lead singer in the rock band, U2)

Betsy Ross (Seamstress credited with sewing 1st U.S. flag)

Charles Darwin… Continue

Added by James L. Thibodeaux on October 9, 2008 at 5:33pm — 6 Comments

Anglimergent Music from COTA - Laudamus: Morning and Evening Prayers

Our newest music CD 'Laudamus' Morning and Evening Prayers is online to listen to and purchase (hard copy or electronic files). All proceeds support Church of the Apostles Mission. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO AND PURCHASE LAUDAMUS'…

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Added by Karen Ward on October 8, 2008 at 5:27pm — 1 Comment

Tom Sine - New Book Tour

If you have missed Tom Sine on his book tour, Tom led a session at the Moot Community in London focusing on the issue of ecological and social sustainability and Christian community. It was brilliant! If you want to list to it, go to the Moot podcasting site here for…

Added by Ian Mobsby on October 5, 2008 at 2:07am — No Comments