Category: Meditation

Thanks to textweek for this … _________________ From Sojourners, July 2004, “Heaven in Henry County,” by Rose Marie Berger, an interview with Wendell Berry: “The serious question is whether you’re going to become a warrior community and live by piracy, by taking what you need from other people. I think the only antidote to that…

“The church began in Asia. Its earliest history, its first centers were Asian. Asia produced the first known church building, the first New Testament translation, perhaps the first Christian king, the first Christian poets, and even arguably the first Christian state. Asian Christians endured the greatest persecutions. They mounted global ventures in missionary expansion the…

Rex Miller’s article The Medium is the Worldview – Beyond Postmodernism has some important points for “reflection” & “action”. I’ll just pull out a few that hit me! __________________________ … The nature of print created a mindset that produced Modernism. The nature of broadcast created a mindset that produced Postmodernism. If we look at the…

Thanks to Geoff Holsclaw for this link to get one thinking (one may not agree with every single point). Read on just in case the link doesn’t work … (quite an exercise of self-therapy I must say *smile*) ________________________

Who is a “minister”? Pastors are. They practice the ministry of identity. Their work is among believers. They are called to help us learn about our potential in Christ. I need this ministry to prevent amnesia— that disease of the mind that causes me to forget who I am as a Christian. But I am…

“There is no hope where suspicion is king.” ~ Jacques Ellul Charles Ringma elaborates a bit more in his reflections found in Resist the Powers with Jacques Ellul (May 28): “Hope can be born in the seemingly most impossible of situations. But it does not arise in the context of fear and suspicion.” There’s a…

Bono’s the speech after receiving an honorary doctorate is pretty good stuff for thinking, (thanks to Stephen Shields –> Jordon Cooper –> Si Johnston … ah! the wonders of blogworld!) ‘My name is Bono and I am a rock star. Don’t get me too excited because I use four letter words when I get excited….

” … it is in the Devil’s interest to make Christians look weird.” ~ Richard Lovelace For the context of this statement it’s good to check out the article Do Nigerian Miracle Ministries Discredit the Faith? The dangers and challenges we face in Asia is not too far removed from our African brothers and sisters.

“A thick and shapeless tree trunk would never believe that it could become a statue, admired as a miracle of sculptor, and would never submit itself to the chisel of the sculptor, who sees by her genius what she can make of it.” ~ Ignatius, from SacredGateway. There’s so much to be “shaped”, some stuff…