Posted in church geekery, evangelism, leftwingers on 14 March 2007 - 25 אדר 5767
Street Prophets did a post called The Debate Over Who Receives Holy Communion Continues. It was about the RCC’s recent affirmation (by the Pope) that only faithful Catholics may be given communion at RC Altars. The Prophets compared this to the United Church of Christ’s (and UMC, etc) open table. 92 comments. [...]
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Posted in emergent, evangelism on 13 March 2007 - 24 אדר 5767
Over at pomomusings there’s an interesting discussion going on about the meaning of the good news. There’s two posts: What is the gospel? and a follow-up post that documents the discussion that is happening. Among my readers, what is the Gospel? What is the Good News? What is it for? Can [...]
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Posted in evangelism, goats and sheep, lit101 on 12 March 2007 - 23 אדר 5767
LOVE BADE Me welcome, yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-ey’d Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning
If I lack’d anything.
“A guest,” I answer’d, “worthy to be here”;
Love said, “You shall be he.”
“I, the unkind, the ungrateful? ah my dear,
I cannot look on thee.”
Love took [...]
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Posted in evangelism, goats and sheep, other paths, politics on 12 March 2007 - 23 אדר 5767
VIA The Inclusive Church Blog we learn about Sikh ministry:
Every Sikh temple throughout the world has a Langar (Punjabi for “free kitchen”). This is not a soup kitchen. It’s not exclusively for the poor, nor exclusively for the Sikh community. Volunteering in the cooking, serving and cleaning process is a form of active spiritual practice [...]
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