26Letters

"At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusions, a..."

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:54:52 -0500

“At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusions, a point of pure truth, a point or spark which belongs entirely to God, which is never at our disposal, from which God disposes our lives, which is inaccessible to the fantasies of our own mind or the brutalities of our own will. This little point of nothingness and of absolute poverty is the pure glory of God in us. It is so to speak His name written in us, as our poverty, as our indigence, as our dependence, as our sonship. It is like a pure diamond, blazing with the invisible light of heaven. It is in everybody, and if we could see it we would see these billions of points of light coming together in the face and blaze of a sun that would make all the darkness and cruelty of life vanish completely….I have no program for this seeing. It is only given. But the gate of heaven is everywhere.”

- Thomas Merton

"In order to become myself I must cease to be what I always thought I wanted to be, and in order to..."

Tue, 10 May 2011 14:43:32 -0500

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In order to become myself I must cease to be what I always thought I wanted to be, and in order to find myself I must go out of myself, and in order to live I have to die.

The reason for this is that I am born in selfishness and therefore my natural efforts to make myself more real and more myself, make me less real and less myself, because they revolve around a lie - Thomas Merton

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- Thomas Merton (New Seeds of Contemplation)

Test.

Wed, 04 May 2011 08:00:06 -0500

Test offline

"Discipline of attention is especially necessary in the community which has an overabundance of of..."

Tue, 03 May 2011 23:26:24 -0500

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Discipline of attention is especially necessary in the community which has an overabundance of of media of communication.

Indiscriminate presence to all available channels of communication leads to over-communication.

A person unable to discipline his attention by means of a careful selection of communications conducive to his inner growth will soon be overwhelmed by an unrelated mass of images and information.

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- Adrian van Kaam & Susan Muto (The Emergent Self)

V

Tue, 03 May 2011 23:19:14 -0500

Sitting here watching V which I recorded sometime earlier this year. Not sure why I’m watching this. I lost interest in it earlier in the year. Yet, I keep seeing it as I scroll through the DVR and for some reason I cant bring myself to delete it _until_ I watch it. Odd.

Road

Tue, 03 May 2011 15:20:56 -0500

Road

In With The Old

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:02:00 -0600

In With The Old

Another Live Blogging Test

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:01:17 -0600

Another Live Blogging Test

A New Post

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:24:29 -0600

A New Post

Rachel's Video

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:13:09 -0600

Rachel's Video

Posting this to check my feeds. Sorry for the interruption.

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:49:11 -0600

Posting this to check my feeds. Sorry for the interruption.

A photo I took during the North Judson - Kouts game. Judson won!

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 12:28:13 -0600

A photo I took during the North Judson - Kouts game. Judson won!

Home (Taken with instagram)

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:04:46 -0600

Home (Taken with instagram)

Practical Atheists

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:26:41 -0500

Practical Atheists:

After all, most of us professing Christians, from the liberals to the fundamentalists, remain practical atheists in most of our lives. This is so because even we think the church is…

Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:18:32 -0500

Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling:

Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling by Andy Crouch

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
There are some books that after you turn the last page, you know you will be different. You…

We Will Finally Get There

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:21:16 -0500

We Will Finally Get There

Introduction To The Missional Church by Alan Roxburgh

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:26:17 -0500

Introduction To The Missional Church by Alan Roxburgh:

Introducing the Missional Church: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Become One by Alan J. Roxburgh

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is probably the best book I’ve read introducing…

Just Not Ready

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:50:49 -0500

Just Not Ready

Experimental Ministry

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:17:46 -0500

Experimental Ministry:

Alan Roxburgh discusses Missional Imagination in his book “Introduction to the Missional Church.” In discussing Saul (later Paul) and his transformation he writes,

“Information and…

In Control

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:18:39 -0500

In Control:

I read something from either St. John of The Cross or St. Teresa of Avila (sorry, I can’t find the reference) that asked the question: why would God speak to us when we are not neccesarily…