i have been thinking of the many relationships we have as a community, as a family, as a father, as a husband, as a friend. in each of these relations, we have a since of comfortability, a trust, a common ground. these relationships form us on a daily basis through conversation, email, mobile phone, IM and so on. (more…)
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every moment
“I discovered that if you really keep your eyes peeled to it and your ears open, if you really pay attention to it ,even such a limited and limiting life as the one I was living on rupert mountain opened up onto extraordinary vistas. (more…)
Covered in the Blood
The last few weeks in Labor and Delivery have been… hectic for lack of a better word. It is not always a happy place and when things go bad they are about as bad as bad can be. This particular Sunday night in L&D had the potential to be quite volitile for reasons I will not share here. (more…)
Some markers to consider stopping at!
Markers along this road might include:
1. Becoming incarnate into the emerging culture
Matt Glock is an American who runs an emerging church in Grenoble, France, where he’s worked for eight years. He identifies the challenge for mainstream churches as being comparable to language learning: “My experience of learning a second language and culture helps me to understand what the church needs to be doing. The process demands a willingness to lose oneself. I remember when I started to understand French but could not speak it. (more…)
year in review
The cultural year in review
by Gareth Higgins
SojoMail 1-05-2006
This year brought its share of cultural glories and tragedies – from the controversy surrounding the BBC’s broadcast of Jerry Springer – The Opera to the worldwide audience for Live 8’s semi-successful promotion of the Make Poverty History campaign, from the return of Batman to the unleashing of King Kong, from a new Umberto Eco novel to new albums from Kate Bush, Sufjan Stevens, and Neil Diamond.
As for literature, I developed deep admiration and affection for the writing of Anne Lamott, and her Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith is the book that has most enriched my everyday spirituality this year. (more…)