Archive for the ‘simplicity’ Category

12 marks of “new monasticism”

Relocation to the abandoned places of Empire.
Sharing economic resources with fellow community members and the needy among us.
Hospitality to the stranger
Lament for racial divisions within the church and our communities combined with the active pursuit of a just reconciliation.
Humble submission to Christ’s body, the church.
Intentional formation in the way of Christ and the rule [...]

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simplicity

This is from Jared Looney’s periodic prayer update for God’s work in the Bronx. Good stuff.

As of the year 2000, those identifying with Christianity of one form or another amounted to 33% of the world population (still the largest faith on the planet). Collectively receiving $15.2 trillion dollars a year (53% of the [...]

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Lives of Justice

There exists in Boston a group of [for the most part] young Christians who meet regularly to pray about, strategize about, and organize a “Christian movement in Greater Boston more deeply aware of injustices and capable of responding through service, learning, and advocacy.” I’ve blogged about this group before — about how blessed we [...]

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This Just In: People are Busy and Stressed Out

It’s official, folks. What I’ve been saying for months has recently been confirmed. And George Barna, our beloved Christian statistics and survey guru, is the bearer of the bad news.
You ready?
People are stretched-thin, tired, stressed out, busy, over-worked, over-entertained, unhealthy, under-rested … need I go on?
The report â&emdash; “Americans Just Want a Good [...]

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organic church in alabama

From the August 4 Birmingham News:
Cullman’s organic church
New kind of ministry strips worship of modern trappings to find its elemental roots
KENT FAULK
News staff writer
CULLMAN — Breads and coffees aren’t the only organic offerings at Berkeley Bob’s Coffee House these days.
Food for the soul is dished out Thursday nights at Organic Church, a new Christian ministry [...]

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apart, but not separated

(from left) Cara and Travis Fry, Chad and Katie Allen, Houston and Kelly
Shearon, C & S
The human person is not an individual, not a self-contained being who at some stage in life chooses or elects to be in relationship with another and others. From the very first moment of existence, the infant is toward [...]

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wealth

GKB has facilitated quite a discussion of the Christian approach to wealth and prosperity. Discussions like that bring out every possible opinion, from “God wants us to be rich” to “God wants us to be poor,” and everything in between. Sometimes it makes my head hurt.
But instead of defining ourselves as Christians by [...]

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