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An Open Letter to Jewish Believers in Jesus

Posted in Ruminations on January 28, 2009 | 14 Comments »

I am delighted that a growing number of Jewish Believers in Jesus have the opportunity to worship our Father in a Jewish cultural context. The cultural expression of the Christian faith that many refer to today as Messianic Judaism is a welcome corrective to the idea that if a Jewish person wanted to believe [...]

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Tekoa in the Morning

Posted in My Life, Tekoa on January 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »

The family was all asleep this morning as I sat at my desk, when Tekoa walked in to give me a hug and said,
“Good morning, Daddio; I just waked up!”

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Is He Calling You?

Posted in My Life, Quotes, Ruminations on January 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Is the Spirit calling us, as he called St. Francis, to “rebuild my church which is in ruins,” by establishing outposts of God’s love in the abandoned places of Empire?

Wilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan. To Baghdad and Beyond: How I Got Born Again in Babylon. (Eugene, Or: Cascade Books, 2005) 108

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Who Said It?

Posted in Quotes on January 20, 2009 | 7 Comments »

“Freed from the impossible task of mastering death, we can live in the shadow of death in a redeemed and redemptive manner.”

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Perspectives

Posted in Ruminations on January 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Western perspective:
A: Cotton only grows in warm, dry environments.
B: London is cold and rainy.
Does cotton grow in London?
“Clearly not.”
African perspective:
A: Cotton only grows in warm, dry environments.
B: London is cold and rainy.
Does cotton grow in London?
“I don’t know; I’ve never been to London.”

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Growing Up

Posted in Ruminations on January 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

While we were putting the kids to bed, Elisa reached out and tousled Ethan’s hair and said:
Elisa: “Don’t grow up too fast, bud.”
Ethan: “Ok.”
Ethan: “Mom, you can’t grow up too fast.”
Elisa: (laughing) You’re right, son.
Daddyo: (laughs all the way out of the room and down the stairs)

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God Wants a Relationship With a Peculiar People

Posted in New Monasticism, Quotes on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In the history of the church, it’s nothing new to look around and find our institutions severely compromised. Ours is a tragic story.
But it is also a story of hope. In every era God has raised up new monastics to pledge their allegiance to God alone and remind the church of its true vocation. That [...]

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