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REW Made a cool post today over at BuffaloRising, talking about the Kingdom of God and wondering how it’s possible or practical in the world that we live in. It tripped me up (as I tweeted to him, post haste) because it seems to assume that we’re supposed to be working on the world. The [...]

Colour Me Excited! You can now by Music for Liturgy, the music book from St Gregory of Nyssa Church, on Amazon! The companion CD is available from CD Baby! And, while we’re on the topic, the DVD is available from Film Baby! (There’s a preview of the movie on that page…)

(Reposted from the Old Blog. 2 of 2, I thought them worth the repost) An Orthodox Church – especially of the Eastern Rite – can be an alien world to people – especially American People used to three hymns some Bible and a sermon. We’ve had a visitor recently. He was the cause of the [...]

(Reposted from the Old Blog. 1 of 2, I thought them worth the repost) Dear Visitor: Welcome to All Saints of the Melting Pot Orthodox Church. We’re very glad you chose to visit us. Whatever has brought you here, from wherever you come, no matter on which path you walk, welcome. Second only to God, [...]

Fr Hohn Heidt is from Ft Worth. His essay, entitled What really divdes us. is a wonderful explanation of the differences between the various parties within Anglicanism. It’s worth noting that, although various persons might say otherwise, both Anglican Shi’ites and Sunnis (let the reader understand) have these “high church” and “low church” parties. Father’s [...]

Remember that horrid video game, Left Behind: Eternal Forces? You know, where Righteous Born Again™ Christians™ in the Endtimes™ had to run around and try to make people convert or else kill them? Well… all the unsold copies of it are about to be sent to our Troups in Iraq! Over at the Nation, using [...]

Interesting review of Leaving Church, by Barbara Brown Taylor. She describes her perfect church: She said it would consist of 52 people, and it would be a community of pastors, in that all of the leadership would be shared. Hopefully they would be a community of social activists, a community of leaders, and they would [...]

What does it mean, in today’s world, to be a follower of God in the way of Jesus? What does it mean to be a faith community engaged in the holistic, integral mission of God in our world today? How do we, as individuals and faith communities, respond faithfully to the crises facing our world? [...]

Where do the folks who are splitting up agree the most? Where do you get “liberals” and “conservatives” (=) “traditionalists” and “progressives” (=) “reappraisers” and “reasserters” to sit down and say, “ok, we can agree to that”? Dylan’s marshaling a list and invites participation: “I’m going to start a list of points on which I [...]

Is Mission the Mother of Theology? and from both of them, *then* Ecclesiology? Cross on over to Radical Congruency for links and discussion.