October 2010
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Book Opening: Spiritual Direction and Meditation...
This is one of those books that I’ve had on my “to-do” list for a long time and I’m finally putting it in my hands. After reading something last week about “American Mystics”, I remembered that I had this handy little Merton book in my personal library. So I’m going to read it.
It looks like a quick read, just over 100 pages. From the preface, it...
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What does this mean?
Series : Reformation...
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WatchA Mighty Fortress Is Our God by Mahalia Jackson
It’s Music Friday! Happy Reformation Day!
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You eat it.
Later on today, I am going to conduct a confirmation questioning. This little piece of Lutheran tradition goes along with our process of catechizing (teaching about the faith). Before someone is put through the rite of confirmation, they have a questioning - sort of like a doctoral defense with less intensity.
I remember my own questioning, when I was in 7th grade (the normal period in many...
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WatchA Mighty Fortress by Chris Rice
It’s Music Friday! Happy Reformation Day!
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3 Things to Learn from cadets (and our mistakes)
Harvard Business Review is running a series on leadership lessons from the military.
In a recent article, “How Cadets Learn To Be “Clutch”“ they go over three simple yet absolutely essential qualities that a campus ministry or church needs to work well. These are things that although they’re simple and almost rudimentary, I have forgotten and maybe you have too:
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Forgetta 'bout it - lethargy and life
Today I learned that the root of the word “lethargy” (meaning having a quality of sluggishness) is related to the Greek word for “forget”. According to Merriam-Webster, the word comes from this bit of Greek mythology:
In Greek mythology, Lethe was the name of a river in the underworld that was also called “the River of Unmindfulness” or “the River of...
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Book Opening: Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
Opening “Traveling Mercies” I was struck by the frankness of Anne Lamott’s writing style and content. I am reading this book along with our student leadership team. As I begin to read “Overture: Lily Pads”, I’m wondering how challenging of a book I chose for us to read. It’ll be interesting.
I chose the book mostly because Don Miller (author of books...
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Are you giving your all?
Series : Pentecost...
October 24: Jeremiah 8-9, Psalm 106:1-23, Romans... →
October 23: Jeremiah 6-7, Psalm 105:26-45, Romans... →
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October 21: Jeremiah 2-3, Psalm 104, Romans 1 →
October 22: Jeremiah 4-5, Psalm 105:1-25, Romans 2 →
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Book Closing: The Holy Wild
This is my second time through Mark Buchanan’s “The Holy Wild”. The first time that I read this book it was over my vicarage (internship) in Gainesville FL working there with First Lutheran. Even though the book is written by a Baptist pastor, the content is surprisingly Lutheran, it shuffles back and forth between Law and Gospel just like a Lutheran preacher might in a...
October 19: Isaiah 63-66, Psalm 102, Acts 27 →
October 20: Jeremiah 1, Psalm 103, Acts 28 →
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Punk idealogies and Lutheran theology
Ever since I started getting more heavy into punk a couple of years ago to now, I’ve grown to appreciate it not only as an art form (anti art form?) but also as an idealogical system (in as much as you can say “punk” is a system).
One of the things that I like to do theologically is put near anything in juxtaposition to my Lutheran theology and see how the two compare and...
October 18: Isaiah 59-62, Psalm 101, Acts 26 →
October 17: Isaiah 56-58, Psalm 100, Acts 24-25 →
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Who gets to make the call?
Series :...
October 16: Isaiah 52-55, Psalm 99, Acts 23 →
October 15: Isaiah 49-51, Psalm 98, Acts 22 →
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