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Oh Shit! It’s Jesus!: a review
Oh Shit! It’s Jesus!the relevance of Jesus without all the religious crapby Steve Hughes Is it ok to deconstruct Jesus? Maybe not, but Hughes definitely works to deconstruct the telling of Jesus which I think is a worthy endeavor. In chapters with titles like Street Preachers, Jesus Freaks, Bible Thumpers, & Other Annoying People; There’s Nothing [...]
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The Crowded Handbasket
Lord’s Prayer (remix) chant
I really like this. And it’s very easy to chant, just ascend a scale five tones, then back down, up, etc. Resources from Songs of a Revolution of Hope: 1. Our Father above us and all around us …2. May Your unspeakable Name be revered.3. Here on earth may Your kingdom come …4. On earth as in [...]
this is only a test
Ignore this post, just testing a new feed setting
Songs for a Revolution of Hope: a review
Brian McLaren/Restoration ProjectSongs for a Revolution of HopeCDAbout Restoration Project: from the website, Restoration Village: The Restoration Project is a vision of musical and artistic partnership. It is founded upon the eternal hope of a loving creator and a belief that artists able to express anything about this hope and creator become a vehicle for [...]
be a gardener
whatever you do. · Missional Reflections: Do More (comment from old pete) The thought that comes to mind is the need to be ‘gardeners’ rather than ‘warriors’ So simple, so beautiful… and so challenging. This could definitely be fleshed out in many ways. Meditate on this with me.
holding allegiances lightly
From Ray Ortlund (ht:bob.blog) The Judaizers in Galatia did not see their distinctive – the rite of circumcision – as problematic. They could claim biblical authority for it in Genesis 17 and the Abrahamic covenant. But their distinctive functioned as an addition to the all-sufficiency of Jesus himself. Today the flash point is not circumcision. It [...]
Hokey Pokey : a book review
Hokey Pokey: Curious People Finding What Life’s All Aboutby Matthew Paul Turner While I may get to experience an epic from tme to time, sometimes I just want my life to resemble a limerick - something short but true that makes only a little sense but gives me something to talk about with friends and strangers. [...]