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Doers of positive change
If you’ve followed the Ottawa Senators’ Hockey Club over the last year you will have endured a roller coaster ride. From the high, you will have tasted the sweet drippings of a near-berth in the Stanley Cup Championship Series sixteenth … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Meditation, Leadership, Theological Reflection
Tagged action, belief, bible study, Bishop Susan Johnson, Christian Meditation, Christianity, church, contemplation, culture change, discipleship, doers, ELCIC, encounter, Erik Karlsson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, faith, followers, God, God's faithfulness, Gospel of Mark, grace, group dynamics, healing, health, healthy church, inner game, interpersonal, Jesus, journey, journeys, lectio divina, Lutheran, mission, NHL, Ottawa Senators Hockey Club, relationship, resistance, Sea of Galilee
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A spirituality of fierce landscapes
The Lord is king! Let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad! Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. (Psalm 97:1-2) Which is mountain? And which is cloud? … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Meditation, photos, Theological Reflection
Tagged baptism, bible, biblical, Christian, church, cloud, Cloud of Unknowing, clouds, contemplation, dove, faith, fortress, God, God’s voice, Hebrew scripture, hope, Jesus, journey, landscapes, life, love, Moses, Mount of Transfiguration, Mount Sinai, mountains, mystery, mysticism, New Testament, Old Testament, path, perspective, photos, pilgrimage, prayer, Psalms of David, rocks, Sunset, vision
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Geometric power: The circle church
The architecture of church buildings, despite Christianity’s institutional decline in the Western world today, continues to draw our attention. For the most part, these are beautiful buildings, appealing to the eye whose symbols etched in paint, glass and images conveyed … Continue reading
Posted in photos, Theological Reflection
Tagged 2 Samuel, action, Amos, architecture, ark of the covenant, bible, Bilbao, Bilbao Cathedral, buildings, Camino de Santiago, Canada, centrifugal force, church architecture, circle, contemplation, dancing, effort, flow, geometry, God, grace, Hebrew Scriptures, Herod Antipas, holy, human nature, identity, imperfection, Jerusalem, Jesus, John the Baptist, journey, King David, Luther Memorial Church Washington, Lutheran, Mark, Merrickville United Church, mission, music, New Testament, North American, pilgrimage, plumb line, prayer, preacing, prophets, purpose, revelation, Richard Rohr, Santiago, sermon, service, social justice, Spain, temple, vision, windows, Worship, Zion Lutheran Church Pembroke
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There’s a hole, PART 2: For a purpose
I am a hole in a flute / that the Christ’s breath moves through – / listen to this /music. -Hafiz If you comprehend it, it is not God. -St. Augustine Unlike the pounding of the surf a stone’s toss … Continue reading
Posted in photos, Theological Reflection
Tagged bible, Bondage of the Will, Canada, child play, church, compulsive, Corinthians, disciples, ego, faith, flow, geography, God, God's love, good news, Gospel, grace, growth, hubris, imperfection, Jesus, justice, Lutheranism, Martin Luther, mission, mystery, New Testament, preaching, purpose, Saint Paul, sermon, service, Spirit, spiritual growth, theology, trust, vulnerability, water, weakness, wind, Worship
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