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• When do you bathe?

  
  way out west — Authority: 411
  The theme for Tuesdays reflection/prayer and fasting is washing... so I decided to do mine in the Bath!  Seriously!  While I was lying there a question struck me... My Son has his bath at night, the purpose being to wash off all the grime and dirt hes picked up during the day... which with boys is a lot!  Whereas ...
  1 day ago

• Three loads I carry...

  
  way out west — Authority: 411
  This week I am fasting (during daylight) with my friends from Springfield Fellowship.  This was written this lunchtime as part of my meditation. Three loads I carry as I walk, Three packs I balance on my back. Each one I meticulously packed, Each I carefully stowed and strapped down hard. Not one I felt I could ...
  2 days ago

• Dorothy Day: Giving Proof that the Gospel Can Be Lived

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 590
  Dorothy Day facing her last arrest, photo by Bob Fitch Dorothy Day was an anarchist and a pacifist who was arrested multiple times throughout her life (the last time when she was in her 70s).  The FBI had a 500 page file on her, and Herbert Hoover hoped to see her arrested for sedition.  She’s also been called ...
  2 days ago

• An Ignatian and a Benedictine were sitting by the fire...

  
  Kirkepiscatoid — Authority: 119
  As many of you know, nighttime "sitting in the sacred space of my yard" is one of my favorite "winding down" pursuits on a regular basis. I so often find myself enjoying special serendipitous treats that allow me to gently re-visit my day, both the good parts and the tough parts. A couple of nights ago I was treated ...
  6 days ago

• Changes Come

  
  discombobula — Authority: 124
  Im watching The Abbey at the moment. This three part doco is about five women who spend five weeks at an enclosed Benedectine monastery, Jamberoo Abbey in New South Wales. I kept thinking as I was watching it (Ive got one episode to go), "How will these women be able to cope if they go into something like this, ...
  6 days ago

• Is You Is or Is You Not My Baby?

  
  Voices from Russia — Authority: 132
  New Skete, Cambridge NY… is you is or is you not my baby? That is, are you fish or are you fowl… Orthodox or heterodox? Stand and deliver! Many of us know that New Skete (OCA) in Cambridge NY has a “unique” understanding of Orthodox monastic practise and liturgical ordo. Quite often, they defend it by ...
  1 week ago

• All Souls Run

  
  Traditio et Virtus — Authority: 128
  I went on a two-hour, rain-soaked run down to the Plough and Harrow today. While out, I decided to offer the purgative and rather ascetic discomfort I was experiencing up to the souls of the yet unblessed dead, so that their own purgation may perhaps end a little sooner. After arriving I waited for Mrs Griff by the ...
  1 week ago

• New Monastic Blog. A Benedictine oblate blog

  
  Oblate Blog — Authority: 114
  Monastic Ponderings is new blog I enjoy reading and... well.. pondering. Here are several of the most recent blog titles: In the Garden of the Soul The Journey Inner Spirit The truth about Community life Penthos Every one is a clear view into the life of seeking God. __________________________ Footnotes: Picture ...
  1 week ago

• St. Benedict’s favorite psalms? A Benedictine oblate blog

  
  Oblate Blog — Authority: 114
  St. Benedict wrote a Rule for monks which is also used today by Benedictine oblates. St. Benedict’s Rule gives a schedule for chanting all 150 Psalms during a week. But in that schedule St. Benedict actually had his monks reciting certain Psalms more than once each week. I call these repeated Psalms St. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Michael Horton versus Richard Foster on Contemplative Spirituality

  
  Christian Research Net — Authority: 141
  In his book The Gospel-Driven Life , Prof. Michael Horton addresses how the Gospel in its fullness is materially sufficient for all of life. After addressing the Purpose Driven life paradigm, Horton continues to briefly address the issue of contemplative spirituality, especially as promoted by the Quaker mystic ...
  2 weeks ago

• An Interview with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove about his new book “God Economy” Part II

  
  Dream Awakener — Authority: 495
  Today is the second part of a four part interview with Jonathan about his new book God’s Economy: Redefining the Health and Wealth Gospel . You can read part one if you missed it. I will be posting the third and fourth parts of the interview next Tuesday and Thursday. So let’s jump into the on-going ...
  2 weeks ago

• An Interview with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove about his new book “God’s Economy”

  
  Dream Awakener — Authority: 495
  I’ve been in the process of reading Jonathan-Wilson Hartrgove’s recent book God’s Economy: Redefining the Health & Weath Gospel and have found it meaningful, so I emailed him and he agreed to do a four-part interview with me.  Today is the first part of the interview and serves as a basic ...
  3 weeks ago

• Excerpt: Paul Moses’ The Saint and the Sultan [Vol. 2, #41]

  
  The Englewood Review of Books — Authority: 130
  20 Page Excerpt from Paul Moses’ The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi’s Mission of Peace . Hardback: Doubleday, 2009 . Buy now: [ Amazon ]
  3 weeks ago

• Real Healthcare Reform: A Medical Mission to *America*

  
  American Red Tory — Authority: 108
  I’ve previously advocated for a religious order of lawyers and inspiring Orthodox Christians to similar kinds of social service/ philanthropia .  (Of course, a religion doesn’t have to be Catholic or Orthodox to do these kinds of things. Do they?) Well, as I’ve pointed out, one of Catholicism’s great ...
  3 weeks ago

• Saint Rafael Arnáiz

  
  The Website of Unknowing — Authority: 496
  This past Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI canonized six new saints. One of them, Saint Damien of Molokai, has received the lion’s share of the attention, because Father Damien (who served a leper’s colony in Hawaii in the 19th century until he eventually succumbed to the disease himself) has been a celebrity for many ...
  3 weeks ago

• BOB DEWAAY AND CHRIS ROSEBROUGH ON THE EMERGING CHURCH

  
  Apprising Ministries — Authority: 518
  We are blessed that the Lord chose to place Apprising Ministries among the leading labors against the egregiously ecumenical Emerging Church  aka Emergent Church  de-formation of the Christian faith—now morphing into  Emergence Christianity  (EC), which is a cult of a postliberalism swallowing up more ...
  4 weeks ago

• Featured: God’s Economy by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove [Vol. 2, #40]

  
  The Englewood Review of Books — Authority: 130
  “The Abundant Goodness of God’s Provision” A Review of God’s Economy: Redefining the Health and Wealth Gospel . by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. Reviewed by  Chris Smith. God’s Economy: Redefining the Health and Wealth Gospel . by ...
  4 weeks ago

• Finding the Monk Within

  
  The Website of Unknowing — Authority: 496
  Finding the Monk Within: Great Monastic Values for Today By Edward C. Sellner Mahwah, NJ: HiddenSpring, 2008 Review by Carl McColman Ed Sellner is known primarily for his writing on various aspects of the Celtic Christian spiritual tradition (such as Wisdom of the Celtic Saints ). And indeed, one of the most ...
  5 weeks ago

• Unisex life

  
  Holy Priesthood — Authority: 418
  Feminism, one of the most influential philosophies in the last century, sought to eliminate gender gaps by eliminating gender differences as much as possible. The legendary Feminist manifesto, "The Feminine Mystique," looked at the suburban American housewife with critical eyes. Women were seeking their fulfillment ...
  8 weeks ago

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