New Resource …
I contributed to this new resource - Fresh Expressions in the Sacramental Tradition. Jonny Baker offers an excellent review here. He notes:
rowan williams opening chapter identifies these features of catholic spirituality:
non verbal expressions of faith
a central place to sacramental action
seeing christian life as taking time and use of the christian year
faith is a community experience and not just an individual one
This book (along with Jonny's comments) puts "the church that is emerging" in a broader context - a catholic phenomenon that is happening across traditions - Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, traditional protestant, Evangelical, Pentecostal. That insight alone is worth the price of the book.
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common ground on abortion …
How important are two recent acts of domestic terrorism ... one at the Holocaust Museum in DC and one at a Lutheran Church in Kansas City [correction: Witchita]? If more of us don't hear them as a wake-up call, they could open the door to many, many more similar acts of terrorism. Before terrorism comes dehumanization, and before dehumanization comes name-calling, and before name-calling comes communication breakdown. That's why I encourage you to be involved with conversations that seek common ground ... like this one. Blessed are the peacemakers ... blessed are those who realize that common ground is higher ground.
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Abrahamic Alliance …
If you don't know about this important new organization (for whom I serve on an advisory board), check them out here.
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A window into Iran
Bob Carlton passed on this link ... a beautiful essay that helps bring the Iranian struggle closer to home.
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One in six of us are hungry …
That's what this new report says. Unethical and irresponsible Wall Street investors (aided by ineffective government policymakers and regulators) have made a short-term profit with the unintended (and unconsidered) consequence of pushing more people than ever into poverty and need. Another reason everything must change.
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