November 2010 Blog Posts (6)

Christ Is Coming - Let Us Draw Near

Each year for the last five years I have produced an Advent meditation video. Here is my advent meditation Christ Is Coming for 2010 . This is the fifth Advent meditation video that I have produced. This 5 minute advent meditation focuses on the coming of Christ into our world- not just as a child in a stable but as the bringer of justice and freedom. Music for the meditation features Kyrie - I Call to You from the CD, Standing Still by Jeff Johnson (… Continue

Added by Christine Sine on November 17, 2010 at 10:59am — No Comments

Are We Allowed to Emerge Yet?

As a brand new Episcopal, you have an 86-year-old 17-year veteran of Episcopalianism to thank for my 'emergence' into the flock. She studied all the existing literature on emergent churches, wrote several dissertations on the what, whys and hows of being emergent and I was swayed.

Forgive me. Truth is, she just loved me the way Jesus taught us to love others and I was hooked. (And then I married her son).

After reading some of the posts here, I was surprised to see the… Continue

Added by Elisabeth Dewey on November 15, 2010 at 7:40am — 2 Comments

Why I Attend The Community of Travelers

Why I Attend The Community of Travelers- Join Me…

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Added by Tommy Dillon on November 14, 2010 at 4:41am — No Comments

The Extraordinary Ordinary

Last weekend I saved someone's life. Literally.

One of the members of the parish I am at went up to lay read, and he looked disoriented and his speech slurred pretty badly. As I listened to him, I immediately flashed back to my CPR/First Aid training, and realized he had the classic signs of a stroke.

After the service, I spoke to his wife, and she remarked how unusual he was acting, and what she said confirmed what I was already thinking. She wanted to take him to the… Continue

Added by Jon F. Dewey on November 13, 2010 at 7:02pm — No Comments

"A New Kind of Christianity": The Quest and the Questions

This is the fourth in a series of posts on Brian McLaren's astonishing quest for "A New Kind of Christianity."

First, a word of appreciation for the alliterative title for Chapter 2, and its evocative linking of Quest with Question. Which made me curious about their origins.…

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Added by Bill Roberts on November 5, 2010 at 7:14pm — 3 Comments

Its Christmas...Kinda

I was at work today and a woman commented that she didn't like Christmas. This would not be too odd of a comment, except that I work in a garden center, and I was in the process of putting up a Christmas tree. I thought it was mildly humorous, but it also got me thinking about Christmas itself.

If you view Christmas as a secular holiday where you get days off, attend parties and get gifts, then I can see how disillusionment can set in. If you view Christmas as a time of merchandising… Continue

Added by Jon F. Dewey on November 4, 2010 at 6:33pm — No Comments