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Peter Rollins is my hero…
Rollins thinks in a way that you cannot learn to think, his brain and his interactions with the world are unique. I think I love this more than anything else of his that I’ve yet encountered. Thanks Peter - fully expect LOTS of us to steal your words. PeterRollins.net » Blog Archive » My Confession: I [...] Related posts:
  1. Peter Rollins on the Emergent Church This is a great conversation and worth sharing (ht Jonathan)...
  2. Advent Reflections: Day 8, first day week 2 Ps. 72:1-7, 18-19 Ro. 15:4-13 (Is. 11:1-10, Mt. 3:1-12) Romans...
  3. so do you really KNOW?… please indulge me in a little soul spew here. I...
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changing feelings about God - a quote
My wonderful friend started a book club in an attempt to get a diverse group of women together to read and talk and learn about each other and life in general. It’s always a good time. Last night we met at a local pub (I had a glass of scotch, it was delicious), talked too [...] Related posts:
  1. how to encourage women leaders Heather Kirk Davidoff over at the emerging women group blog...
  2. I have mixed feelings : earth day Today, on this, another Earth Day, I have mixed feelings....
  3. God is weird God is weird. That is my conclusion, after knowing him...
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I’m tired.
I’ve been introspective lately about my own faith and I think I’ve concluded that I’m just tired. I want a vacation from my own spirituality. I want to stop thinking about it, stop caring about it…pretty much just stop doing it.  When I was enmeshed in evangelicalism I experienced fatigue from all the prayer meetings [...] Related posts:
  1. on a personal note now that my youngest has turned *gasp* 2, I can...
  2. busy days, tired nights Since we only have one car, I have been taking...
  3. a new kind of question I have done it and I have had it done...
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being on the outside
I haven’t been in an Evangelical church for a couple years now but a couple months ago I went to a Bible Study hosted by a dear friend (at her request). It was truly a surreal experience. I was an outsider. I understood the words and knew the Scriptures and cognitively “got” what was going [...] Related posts:
  1. the child-emerging adult faith gap: is it a sign? I’ve thought a lot over the past few years of...
  2. Read Adam’s thought provoking post The Bible & Homosexuality: Enough with the Bible Already —...
  3. emerged and forever emerging Written in England a few weeks ago: I’ve been reading...
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emerged and forever emerging
Written in England a few weeks ago: I’ve been reading Nadia Boltz-Weber’s book “Salvation on the Small Screen?” whilst on my vacation in England.  For those who haven’t heard about this book, Nadia watched 24 hours of TBN and then wrote a book about her experience.  It’s a great read, I highly recommend it for anyone [...] Related posts:
  1. the child-emerging adult faith gap: is it a sign? I’ve thought a lot over the past few years of...
  2. Lest we forget the mystical (Thoughts inspired in part by: Barna - Is American Christianity...
  3. being on the outside I haven’t been in an Evangelical church for a...
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Twitter of Faith
Cool idea by Adam via Shawn Coons - I missed this yesterday so I did it today - join in . Here’s mine Trinity God loves & desires others to be reconciled to each other & God, I endeavor to love, to be reconciled & to bring reconciliation. Twitter of Faith — pomomusings I’m trying to write my Statement [...] Related posts:
  1. An imperfect faith Last year, I had a few friends going through some...
  2. the child-emerging adult faith gap: is it a sign? I’ve thought a lot over the past few years of...
  3. the faces in her head Shayel has characters in her head on a regular...
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Waiting
Waiting with Patience How do we wait for God? We wait with patience. But patience does not mean passivity. Waiting patiently is not like waiting for the bus to come, the rain to stop, or the sun to rise. It is an active waiting in which we live the present moment to the full in order [...] Related posts:
  1. treasure of the poor Courtesy of Henri Nouwen The poor have a treasure to...
  2. stones: by Kester Stones from The Complex Christ | Signs of Emergence by...
  3. Missional in the Moment « kingdom grace via Missional in the Moment « kingdom grace. This whole...
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approaching hope
Image via Wikipedia As demonstrated by my recent post on embracing the world as it is, there are different ways to live into the tension of our sin sick state. This is how Richard Rohr looks at it Greatness emerges when, above all else, people are confident. When we believe—together—that life is good, God is good and [...] Related posts:
  1. East v. West ideas about sin Western theology has tended to see sin and evil primarily...
  2. Emergent incarnates hope & dangerous dreams Emergent Gathering reflections 4 image by LNakedGun When there is...
  3. my new quest So….looking through my blog feedreader (I use google btw, I...
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