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FRIEND – Who may identify theirself if they wish – recently took a new parish assignment. There was much rejoicing. The friend asked me for advice on Emergent Church Models and “how to do emergent”. You know: what books to read, etc. And it was in the process of two conversations over two meals that [...]

Was having a talk today with a friend online about the Independent Sacramental movement. The conversation was all over the board. Then I said we needed to start our own indy jurisdiction and I first suggested that we do Eastern Rite, but then I realised that would be stupid because I’d want no rites reserved. [...]

Hey, Buffaloans! Anyone interested in reading V. Eller’s Christian Anarchy: Jesus’ Primacy Over the Powers in a group setting? Read a chapter, discuss, maybe in a coffee shop or cafe? The book is available free at the above link (thanks to the publishers) but it would be fun to read in a group, I think. [...]

I met with a Rabbi on Thursday who made it quite clear that conversion, per se, isn’t necessary for a Gentile. Unlike the Christians and the Muslims, the Jews don’t have sense of “evangelism”. We had a nice conversation and he suggested I read a book – now out of print – which I found [...]

I Pray a lot       A. pray without ceasing       B. pray with others II Decide you want to III Get some others together who want to, too.       A. Find a book.             1. Christian Anarcy       B. Invite locals to join you in reading.             1. Post an ad on your local Craigslist             2. Post an ad in your [...]

I ended part one of this Rumination asking, “Is it useful for communities who consider themselves to be moving beyond older models to continue this model (of Ordained ministry and Apostolic Succession) or, if the goal is to move back to some older model (ie, the “Early Church”) how is that done?” Over on Facebook, [...]

I’m expecting 2 parts maybe more… an exploration of Eucharist and Ordination. I visited the Circle of Mercy on Sunday. I went for two reasons: (1) I’ve never been to a UCC parish before and having read good things about them, I wanted to visit; (2) their worship sounded a LOT lit my time at [...]

Hmm. EpiscoMergent: We have tried to imagine and live out one possibility of a baptismal ecclesiology in conversation with emerging theologies, including feminist liberation theology. We foster a deep inner life personally and in community; we also promote significant ministries in the world and bring the joy and struggle of the world into the liturgy [...]

A few points of Personal Blog: I’ve decided that I can live with my doubts. What I do with them is another matter entirely. A recent discussion of Praxis-Asheville brought out a lot of accusatory comments about the oddities of the group, but no real dialogue. This was disappointing. Let me come clean: I made [...]

The is the last post in the Praxis conversation (as far as I know). It’s a long one: I tried to edit it to make sense of the conversation as it happened: there were four of us. THe Praxis pastor asked me some questions about Orthodox practise (ie, about our praxis). Her responses to my [...]