(Sermon preached at Trinity Church, Gosforth – 23 Jan 11) “Shame! That’s forbidden! Disgraceful! Law-breaker! Jesus, you are just showing that you’re no better than gentile scum. Who do you think you are? Call yourself a Jew? Call yourself a Rabbi, do you?” And so the accusations came hurtling towards Jesus as his disciples broke … More Lord of the Sabbath – Mark 2:23 – 3:6
One of the thing that happens when you become a part of the living body of Christ is that you inherit brothers and sisters in the Lord. Some of them are even akin to fathers and mothers due to their maturity in the Lord and the way they nuture us, but they remain, in essence, … More Brothers, Sisters and Distant Cousins.
As is my blogging custom at this time of the year, here is a list of books I’ve read during 2010! Here goes….in no particular order….(ahem…some of these should come with a health warning!) (And in case you are interested, a link to 2009′s books: here) – Brafman, O. “The Starfish and the Spider: The … More Books 2010
As is my blogging custom at this time of the year, here is a list of books I’ve read during 2010! Here goes….in no particular order….(ahem…some of these should come with a health warning!) (And in case you are interested, a link to 2009’s books: here) – Brafman, O. “The Starfish and the Spider: … More Books 2010
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads ‘This blog is on fire!’ Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog … More 2010 blog review
General Clifton has, at various points in his Generalship called the Army world to prayer, particularly for causes of justice and peace. You may or may not know that he, in conjunction with Lt Colonel Janet Munn in her role as Spiritual Life thingymajig (sorry, don’t know her proper title….slightly out the loop!) issued the … More Call to non-stop 24/7 prayer
10. Care for the plot of God’s earth given to us along with support of our local economics. The first part of this ‘mark’ is, I guess, one that would only be making an appearance in lists like this very recently. Gradually, more and more Christian communities are discovering the important of stewardship of the … More 12 Marks of New Monasticism: 10-12
The next three: 7. Nurturing common life among members of intentional community. Community happens either intentionally or unintentionally where people are. We’re relational beings, so community is gonna happen. However, you can have static community (read OAPs in a rest home) or an active community (an Army, a football team etc). What happens in active … More 12 Marks of New Monasticism: 7-9
Straight into ‘mark’ number 4:- 4. Lament for racial divisions within the church and our communities combined with the active pursuit of a just reconciliation. These set of 12 marks have their context in the US, that melting pot of nationalities and races. I don’t claim to be up on the scene over there, but … More 12 Marks of New Monasticism: 4-6
I mentioned at the end of the last post the 12 Marks of New Monasticism. Now, let me start by saying that one of the reasons this thing fires me up is because I think that Primive Salvationism had the whole New Monastic thing going on long before Bonhoeffer coined the phrase and before people … More 12 Marks of New Monasticism: 1-3
