December 2011
1 post
October 2011
2 posts
“Anyone who willingly enters into the pain of a stranger is truly a remarkable...”
– Henry Nouwen
September 2011
1 post
“A priest does not exist merely for his own sanctification but for the Sacrifice...”
– Thomas Merton, The Sign of Jonas
March 2011
1 post
January 2011
5 posts
Creative Ministry
Nouwen’s Creative Ministry was a book I stumbled upon at Swap.com. I didn’t expect to read it so soon after getting it and I especially didn’t expect the breadth of wisdom in this short volume.
More thoughts to come later this week, but I give you this selection to ponder over in the meantime.
[Prayer] becomes, rather, an attempt to be visible and available to each other just...
“And who do you think you are?
Running around leaving scars,
Collecting your...”
– Christina Perri, Jar of Hearts
5 tags
“His words, too, run counter to the fundamental precept of the prophets, whose...”
– “Palin Cries ‘Blood Libel’: Can Words Harm Us?” by Susannah Heschel, printed in Religion Dispatches on January 12, 2011.
4 tags
“Rich Rodriguez was a good man and a good football coach who failed to live up to...”
– Zach Travis, Maize n Brew
December 2010
2 posts
With Love, From The Painter: Interview with Jamie... →
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We are stoked, beyond stoked, that we were lucky enough to get this interview with a pretty special and influential guy.
Although his organization doesn’t focus specifically on young people that are struggling with eating disorders, or self esteem issues, it does focus on hope, and help, and…
September 2010
3 posts
“Why would a smart, personable, resolute, “happy-go-lucky” Kenny...”
– Woody Paige, Denver Post, September 23, 2010: http://www.denverpost.com/paige/ci_16149407
“I know we’re going to sign off in a minute. Just want to leave you with...”
– Erin Cummings, Actress in Detroit 1-8-7. http://www.freep.com/article/20100921/ENT03/100921073/1362/Review-todays-freep.com-chat-with-Erin-Cummings
“It was kind of the brutal fact that life isn’t always perfect. We’re going to...”
– http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/music/features/22778-qaa-anberlins-stephen-christian
June 2010
2 posts
“If we want people to experiece the kingdom of God and to dwell with God for...”
– Heuertz and Pohl, Friendship at the Margins, p 31.
“We are better able to resist tendencies to reductionism when we are in...”
– Heuertz and Pohl, Friendship at the Margins, p 31
January 2010
3 posts
“Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism — for the record, it’s my least...”
– Conan O’Brien, January 23, 2010
“When we are freed from the tyranny of time, we can begin to look differently at...”
– John Swinton in Vanier/Hauerwas, Living Gently in a Violent World, p 104.
“We must not get caught up in the need for power over the poor. We need to be...”
– Jean Vanier. “Living Gently in a Violent World.” p 75
December 2009
1 post
“Beauty is never “necessary,” “functional” or...”
– Alexander Schmemann, For the Life of the World, p 30.
November 2009
2 posts
“There may be no greater value to the disciplines than to regularly bring us to...”
– Andy Crouch, Culture Making (p 258)
Power and Servanthood
“When we take up the role of servants, we do precisely what the powerful prefer not to do: put ourselves in a position where our power is of little use. Rather than asserting the privilege the powerful have to control their environment and avoid humbling experiences, we seek Christ in the places where we will not be noticed, will not seem useful and will not receive praise. Servants are...
October 2008
1 post
False Peace
“If there is some corner of the world which has remained peaceful, but with a peace based on injustices - the peace of a swamp with rotten matter fermenting in its depths - we may be sure that that peace is false.” - Dom Helder Camara
Thoughtful imagery, don’t you think?