Dream Awakener JR Woodward was kind to invite me to contribute for an on-going blog series called The Good News, which is taking place throughout the Easter Season, from Easter to Pentecost. Please read on below, and check out the others on JR’s site. * * * Sivin Kit on The Good News 04.17.2009 Illustration…
Category: Spirituality
A.J. Jacobs: My year of living biblically
Listen with an open mind, and you’d be surprised by little gems of insight here and there.
Christ Is Risen: Easter 2009 at BLC
I’ll just put up three videos with a reflection from Upper Room Daily Reflections and one prayer. BLC’s Easter Worship 2009 – How Great is Our God! from Sivin Kit on Vimeo. ON EASTER morning, we celebrate Christ’s resurrection, which is more than just a return to life; it is a new, stronger, never-ending life….
Random Links 315 (“Good Friday” Edition)
Archbishop’s Lectures in Holy Week Nice to have the “what is that something more” on prayer which I think carries over to the 50 days of Easter. wow . growing into Christian humanity .! Why Was Jesus Crucified? A historical perspective. "Crucified under Pontius Pilate" . it’s in the creed! I got an email with…
Maundy Thursday & A Ritual of Remembrance
IN THE PASSOVER MEAL we have come to call the Last Supper, Jesus chooses to share himself – his very body and blood – with his dearest friends. Christ gives not only bread and wine to his disciples present in that moment, but he also gives them a ritual of remembrance. . His intimate,…
Godly Play: The Great Family
I’ve been thinking about Godly Play. I wonder how we can reengage the best of what it has thought us.
Changing the Conversation: A third way for congregations.
I’ve always loved the word “conversation”. I prefer it over other words like “dialogue” or “movement” (depending on which end of the spectrum one is in whether activism or quietism or whatever pole one chooses. Happy Birthday Bangsar Lutheran Church! It’s fascinating after all these years, I find myself returning to the basic questions…
The Divine Commodity: Discovering a Faith beyond Consumer Christianity
I’m looking forward to read the book. I recall using a quote by Skye Jethani in an article I wrote entitled I Shop Therefore I Am: Consumerism and Its Impact on Christian Life and Ministry for “Church & Society in Asia Today” – A Periodical concerned with Christian Ministry and Mission in Asia Today. “My…
The Beauty of Your Peace
Your voice has stilled the raging storms The wind and waves bow down before Your still small voice brings hope to all Who wait on You, we’ll wait for You To lead us to the place where You’ll restore our souls And all our earthly strivings come to cease Take from our souls the strain…
40 Days: Walking with Jesus in Lent
THE GOAL OF LENT is not to make a plan for change and follow it to the letter. Rather, the goal is to make a change that sinks deeply into life, drawing us closer to self, others, and God. Lent is about intentionally opening ourselves, preparing to receive God’s goodness. – Sarah Parsons A Clearing…