June 2011
78 posts
Baylor study finds church congregations ignore... →
Mental illness of a family member destroys the family’s connection with the religious community, a new study by Baylor University psychologists has found, leading many affected families to leave the church and their faith behind.
The study shows that while families with a member who has mental illness have less involvement in faith practices, they would like their congregation to provide...
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“Unless we drastically reshape both our theology and our church life so that...”
– Ronald Sider, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger (via invisibleforeigner)
“The myth of progress has deep roots in contemporary Western culture, and some of...”
– N.T. Wright (via azspot)
“When serious people of good faith disagree, they’ve got to go back into the...”
– Walter Brueggemann (via littlewarriors)
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“Jesus and the Buddha made it clear to their followers that life is suffering,...”
– Richard Rohr, On the Threshold of Transformation
“The believer is not set at the high noon of life, but at the dawn of a new day...”
– Jürgen Moltmann (Theology of Hope)
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“At its most basic level, the everyday practice of being with other people is the...”
– Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World (via invisibleforeigner)
“There was a single blue line of crayon drawn across every wall in the house....”
– Brian Andreas, Storypeople.com
“We want guidance and leadership from people who can say, “I know what God...”
– Richard Rohr, On the Threshold of Transformation
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“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his...”
– Fyodor Dostoevksy (via karamazov-alexei)
“Collaborative Consumption”
– The end of consumerism?, The Guardian (via big think)
I think I’ve just fallen in love with this term (miketodd07)
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the...”
– Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, to interviewer Gustave Gilbert during the Easter recess of the Nürnberg trials, 18 April 1946. (via zeitgeistmovement)
“We continue to talk about personalities – Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W....”
– Chris Hedges (via azspot)
bohemianarthouse:
“If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot...”
– Brian Andreas, Storypeople.com
“Take one part overly-familiar Bible verses. Repeat these verses over and over...”
– James F. McGrath, Recipe for Biblical Literalism
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“The world for which you have been so carefully prepared is being taken away from...”
– Walter Brueggemann (via invisibleforeigner)
“A Christian is someone who’s animated by the spirit of Christ, a person in whom...”
– Richard Rohr, adapted from Simplicity
For me, at this stage of my faith journey, this is absolutely a defining statement. (miketodd07)
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WatchDivine Sorrow, NT Wright (from The Work of the People)
Beautiful (miketodd07)
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“It is one Thing, to show a Man that he is in an Error, and another, to put him...”
– John Locke
(via scienceisbeauty)
“The basis for the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount is not what works but rather...”
– Stanley Hauerwas, Resident Aliens (via invisibleforeigner)
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“The economy of merit is static, small, and self-serving, searching for temporary...”
– Richard Rohr, On the Threshold of Transformation
“Met a girl in the parking lot
And all I did was say hello
Her pepper spray...”
– Owl City, Deer in the Headlights
(New disk All Things Bright and Beautiful released today) (miketodd07)
“We no longer have freedom; there is only the appearance of freedom. We are...”
– Chris Hedges (via azspot)
“Oh — tongues of fire, come and kiss my brow
if I ever needed you, well I...”
– from Incandescent Blue by Bruce Cockburn, quoted by Steve Stockman
For Pentecost Sunday (miketodd07)
What Mumford and Sons Taught Me About Writing →
azspot:
Never underestimate the power of a well-placed expletive.
Everyone loves stories, especially epic ones.
Transparency is essential to building trust.
Great art eventually gets rewarded.
People are fascinated with the divine.
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“I’ve learned in my years as a reporter that when you get laughed at, you are...”
– Static (2006)
“The fact that things such as classism, racism. homophobia, war, and consumerism...”
– RIchard Rohr, On the Threshold of Transformation (via miketodd07)
WatchN.T. Wright, The Whole Sweep of Scripture (from The Work of the People, via miketodd07)
Brilliant, as always
“The Dow ended the week below 12,000 for the first time since March. This is the...”
– Robert Reich, The Stalled Recovery, Smoke and Mirrors, and the Carnage on the Street (via miketodd07)
“Agricultural and trade policies implemented by the rich and powerful countries...”
– Waking the Church to Just Consumerism (via azspot)
Straight to the point. Is the church listening? (miketodd07)
“Church is a people learning the rhythms of the work of faith, the labour of love...”
– Tom Smith, The Glacier Pace of Faith, Hope and Love
“The latest economic data have dashed any hope of a quick end to America’s job...”
– Paul Krugman, Rule By Rentiers
“Did you ever notice that Jesus did not ask or answer the law-and-order questions...”
– Richard Rohr, On the Threshold of Transformation
“More than five years after taking charge of security in one of the most violent...”
– Canadians complete final Afghan operation, The Globe and Mail
Thank God - bring them home
“Whatever else the Bible is—and it is likely many things—it is...”
– (Cross posted from Waving or Drowning?)
“All great spirituality is somehow about letting go. There are two paths that...”
– Richard Rohr, On the Threshold of Transformation (Cross posted at Waving or Drowning?)
“I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had...”
– Brian Andreas, StoryPeople.com (via miketodd07)
“When the pastor is the mouthpiece for a settled view of God and rewarded for his...”
– Phil Gulley, The Evolution of Faith
“In hell, they talk a lot about love. In heaven, they just do it. Hell is an...”
– C.S. Lewis (via merechristianarchy)
“Every week, in fact, brings another lecture or book about the political uses of...”
– John Harris (via azspot)
“AND I FOUND MYSELF WANTING EVEN BETTER STORIES. AND THAT’S THE THING YOU’LL...”
– donald miller (via marchingtheskies)
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“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers...”
– Rumi (via theorthodoxheretic)
“Jesus is the microcosm; Christ is the macrocosm. There is a movement from Jesus...”
– Richard Rohr, Adapted from The Cosmic Christ (audio)
I highly recommend this one - miketodd07
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“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via theorthodoxheretic)
“While the world is crying out for hope while we’re talking about theology.”
– Kathy Escobar 