May 2011
1 post
Treasure
April 2011
1 post
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
2 posts
Trinity Mennonite Community Retreat, teaser
Whatever its positive contributions on values and institutions, Christendom seriously distorted the gospel, marginalized Jesus, and has left the churches ill equipped for mission in a post-Christendom culture. What will it take re-centralize Jesus from the margins?
Do I have clear beliefs about Jesus?
..or do I believe in Jesus?
..or do I believe Jesus?
..or do I believe what...
August 2010
1 post
June 2010
2 posts
untitled
Ammon Hennacy tells this story of an incident which occurred in the 1930s
when he was a social worker in Milwaukee.
He had gone to the home of a man who was on relief,
and the man pulled a knife on him…
…He would prance around and swing his fist at me to frighten me and breathe down the back of my neck and tickle me with the point of his...
Small thought:
People who have deeply experienced the heart of the Father have an immeasurable weight and power to what they say/write/sing/play/do. I think that is why I am so attracted to and moved by people like this. I think you are one of those people.
I just want to encourage you to continue to meet with our perfect and redeeming Father, and know that he loves you and longs to be with you every moment of...
April 2010
1 post
November 2009
1 post
brother, i miss you.
Lately, i’ve been really striving for obedience with both the small and large things of life, in the midst of reading and discovering what it means to be a disciple of jesus. I’m learning that obedience is something we are all called to, to obey Jesus’ commands and teachings, and to apply them to our lives everyday. But ive realized that the strive for...
October 2009
1 post
“the renewal of all things,…”
– Lord Jesus, Matth19:28
September 2009
4 posts
“..wisdom is proved right by her actions.”
– Jesus C. of Nazareth
blessed are the poor in spirit
For some reason, this whole time I’ve considered myself a part of the congregations that focus on Jesus’ life as the way of life, I have stayed at a far distance from the middle pages of the book of our history. Perhaps because the most I ever hear of it is the form of a reference to find another book in our collection of books, with words that follow, similar to “..and to the...
August 2009
2 posts
“One cannot have God as a Father who doesn’t have the church as a mother.” - Cyprian of Carthage
”It has always been a great temptation for especially fervent Christians to think that they are so superior to other Christians of lesser commitment that they do not need to associate with them. But to succumb to this temptation is to fall prey to the greatest sin of all, the...
resurrection.
April 2009
1 post
March 2009
4 posts
creation.