December 2009 Blog Posts (11)

Another Christmas Day Homily

Here we are on Christmas Day after the crescendo of Advent and the Christmas Eve services of last night. Over this past month we have diligently decorated our trees, hauled out the Christmas decorations from the attic and garage; arranged the greenery and crèches; lit the Advent wreaths, baked the Christmas cookies; wrapped all the presents. We have been building on the excitement and anticipation of this day for several weeks. We have put in so much effort into creating the “perfect holiday”.… Continue

Added by Gordon Brewer on December 25, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

A dispatch re: the value of 'good ole traditional/mainline, catholic expressions of church' compared to 'a-historical evangelicalism

A dispatch re: the value of 'good ole traditional/mainline, catholic expressions of church' compared to 'a-historical evangelicalism. READ IT HERE

Added by Karen Ward on December 23, 2009 at 3:59pm — 2 Comments

Shane Claiborne talks to Ian Mobsby about New Monasticism and new ways of being church

In the Moot Podcast published today, Shane Claiborne discusses with Ian Mobsby, his insights around new monasticism as a particular model of anglimergent ecclesial community, and how this important ancient future approach resonates with today. To listen to to the podcast click here, to subscribe to Moot Community Podcasts, click… Continue

Added by Ian Mobsby on December 19, 2009 at 3:30am — No Comments

Twurchofengland

Follow tweets from the 'Twurch of England'

Added by Karen Ward on December 13, 2009 at 9:13am — No Comments

What would Jesus buy?

Please forgive me. It is Advent and here in the USA we are bombarded by temptations to buy, buy more, buy even more, buy even yet still more. I get antsy. There are so many hungry, naked, sick, uncared for people in this world and we Americans are so heavily encouraged to ignore them and prove to our wives that we love her by giving her diamonds and prove our love to our children by purchasing every new toy, that I just get queasy. Was reading chap 56 of the Rule of St. Benedict (… Continue

Added by Sister Gloriamarie Amalfitano on December 9, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Life Stories

The Lessons and Carols we read and sang this past Sunday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kingsport, told us the story of our Christian heritage. The Gospel and readings announced the coming of a Messiah. John the Baptist’s cry was to get ready! Here He comes! Get ready for God to come! However, I think we sometimes get confused about what we are really preparing for. Sometimes I think we tend to think about Advent in terms of a bumper sticker I saw one time: “Jesus is coming... look busy...”… Continue

Added by Gordon Brewer on December 7, 2009 at 1:24pm — No Comments

Today is the Second Sunday of Advent

Today is the Second Sunday of Advent, Advent is a time to become pregnant with the love and possibility of Christ.

Advent is a time to let the divine arise in us each and to help one another come to know and be known by the divine, the Holy Trinity. When a Christian looks at Jesus Christ as the "Incarnate Word," the word made flesh, we see God who is present to the world through relationships, and these relationships are a reflection of, an echo of, even an actualization of the very… Continue

Added by Ron Starbuck on December 6, 2009 at 6:29am — No Comments

In this event neo-monastic practitioners and traditional monastic sisters and brothers will come together for a generative conversation about living monastic…

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Added by Eliacin Rosario-Cruz on December 5, 2009 at 12:18pm — No Comments