I was really excited to get a new Carrie Newcomer CD in the mail a few weeks ago. About two years ago, I had the chance to interview Carrie and also got a chance to see her perform in a small venue in Philadelphia. The show was really great and definitely got me hooked on [...]
Spirituality
I haven’t read a lot of Parker Palmer’s books, just Let Your Life Speak. I really appreciated that book at a time in my life when I was thinking about the questions of calling and vocation that he brings up. Recently, I was sent a copy of “A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided [...]
Earlier this week, we decided that getting a scooter for me was a priority because of Sarah’s class schedule in Berkeley for the next month and into the fall. And so we did it. Above is a photo of my brand new Piaggio Fly 150. You can see some more photos (slightly less-Photoshopped…) here. I [...]
This piece is part of an on-going blog series called Plurality 2.0 (watch video here). Full schedule of guest authors throughout April and May is available here. Darleen Pryds is a professor of Christian Spirituality and Church History at the Franciscan School of Theology which is part of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. She [...]
I love this. I’m sure many of you have seen this around by now, but I think it’s great [ht Marko]. And perhaps, timely, as many were at Ash Wednesday services this past evening and as we officially enter into Lent. Those of us who are very active on Twitter do follow a ton of [...]
Four years ago today, I quit quiet times. I was frustrated with my own inability to do them and I didn’t think they were helpful. Since then, there have been periods where I’ve tried some different spiritual disciplines, but on the whole, I generally suck at any type of consistency with those types of things. [...]
Frederica Matthewes-Green’s new book, “The Illumined Heart: Capture the Vibrant Faith of Ancient Christians” is a very short exposition on the faith of early Christians and what we as “modern” Christians can learn from them. Frederica Matthewes-Green converted to Orthodoxy a few years ago, and that is important to know in reading her understanding of [...]
I’ve always heard about David James Duncan’s writings. First it was “The Brothers K”, which I initially thought was someone’s nickname for “The Brothers Karamazov” – I thought they were just trying to be cute, until I realized that it was one of Duncan’s novels. Then a Whitworth writing professor told me I really should [...]
I was honored to be able to be a part of this Contemplative Youth Ministry Grid Blog Tour for Mark Yaconelli’s new book,”Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus.” Over the past few years, I’ve become somewhat familiar with Mark’s work with the Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project out of San Francisco Theological Seminary. [...]
I just finished my last paper for this semester and I’m finally done. It was for my Advanced Studies in Youth Ministry course with Kenda Dean and was entitled “Pneumatology as a Theological Foundation for Youth Ministry in the 21st Century.” I used pneumatology (theology of the Spirit) as the theological backbone underpinning, basically, for [...]
