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A resource for information on the topics of contemplative activism, postmodern religion, and public theology.
A resource for information on the topics of contemplative activism, postmodern religion, and public theology.
I have an anxious, neurotic disposition and it takes a lot of work each day to call my mind down. I appreciate passages like this:
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
I have an anxious, neurotic disposition and it takes a lot of work each day to call my mind down. I appreciate passages like this:
Briefly made a pilgrimage to @CACRadicalGrace today. (Hopefully the visitors center will be open again soon!)
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Briefly made a pilgrimage to @CACRadicalGrace today. (Hopefully the visitors center will be open again soon!)
@PetroglyphNPS
December 2, 2024 at 11:02 AM
@PetroglyphNPS
#dailyoffice Acts 2:46 @themessage
Christian worship and community can include potluck dinners at each other's homes among friends and family! Hanging out while sharing in happiness and fellowship is a genuine way to "do church."
Christian worship and community can include potluck dinners at each other's homes among friends and family! Hanging out while sharing in happiness and fellowship is a genuine way to "do church."
December 2, 2024 at 11:07 AM
#dailyoffice Acts 2:46 @themessage
Christian worship and community can include potluck dinners at each other's homes among friends and family! Hanging out while sharing in happiness and fellowship is a genuine way to "do church."
Christian worship and community can include potluck dinners at each other's homes among friends and family! Hanging out while sharing in happiness and fellowship is a genuine way to "do church."
Okay but I got strong vibes of Polkinghorne's theory of the science of #resurrection from #Wanda 's explanation of how she resurrected #Vision and his resulting metaphysical nature. (https://hazelnutnotes.com/2020/12/20/john-polkinghorne-on-life-death-and-resurrection/)
December 2, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Okay but I got strong vibes of Polkinghorne's theory of the science of #resurrection from #Wanda 's explanation of how she resurrected #Vision and his resulting metaphysical nature. (https://hazelnutnotes.com/2020/12/20/john-polkinghorne-on-life-death-and-resurrection/)
"We are not in a contest to determine whose experience of Sheol goes the deepest, whose anguish is the greatest. God offers to meet all of us through the cries of lament in the Psalms, in these prayers from the Pit." #Lent2021 from: https://a.co/3OX6nPj
December 2, 2024 at 11:17 AM
"We are not in a contest to determine whose experience of Sheol goes the deepest, whose anguish is the greatest. God offers to meet all of us through the cries of lament in the Psalms, in these prayers from the Pit." #Lent2021 from: https://a.co/3OX6nPj
Today's #dailyoffice from Isaiah 55 is often used to promote obedience to ecclesiastical authority. In context, though, it's explaining why God is merciful, lavish, liberal, and life-giving in a world that is often more focused on score-keeping and punitive justice.
December 2, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Today's #dailyoffice from Isaiah 55 is often used to promote obedience to ecclesiastical authority. In context, though, it's explaining why God is merciful, lavish, liberal, and life-giving in a world that is often more focused on score-keeping and punitive justice.
December 2, 2024 at 11:32 AM
December 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
"As long as there are people, Christ will walk the earth as your neighbor, as the one through whom God calls you, speaks to you, makes demands on you." #Advent #Advent2020 https://a.co/hGCEAdm
December 2, 2024 at 11:53 AM
"As long as there are people, Christ will walk the earth as your neighbor, as the one through whom God calls you, speaks to you, makes demands on you." #Advent #Advent2020 https://a.co/hGCEAdm
"The #Advent season is a season of waiting, but our whole life is an Advent season, that is, a season of waiting for the last Advent, for the time when there will be a new heaven and a new earth." #Advent2020 https://a.co/fgOYpYV
December 2, 2024 at 11:53 AM
"The #Advent season is a season of waiting, but our whole life is an Advent season, that is, a season of waiting for the last Advent, for the time when there will be a new heaven and a new earth." #Advent2020 https://a.co/fgOYpYV
Episcopal Canon 17.2.a. Are we going to have a lot of members lose their good standing status because we can't regularly celebrate the Eucharist for another year or more because of the pandemic?
December 2, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Episcopal Canon 17.2.a. Are we going to have a lot of members lose their good standing status because we can't regularly celebrate the Eucharist for another year or more because of the pandemic?
My 5yo's coloring project today:
December 2, 2024 at 12:08 PM
My 5yo's coloring project today:
Theology twitter! This overview of post-17th-century Christian theology is from Simpson's modern theology text (2016). Questions: does this represent the best way to think about the important distinctions in contemporary theological conversations? Are there better schemas? /1
December 2, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Theology twitter! This overview of post-17th-century Christian theology is from Simpson's modern theology text (2016). Questions: does this represent the best way to think about the important distinctions in contemporary theological conversations? Are there better schemas? /1
Rainy Sunday activity with my 5yos:
December 2, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Rainy Sunday activity with my 5yos:
@RichardRohrOFM 'The Universal Christ' pg 114:
December 2, 2024 at 12:18 PM
@RichardRohrOFM 'The Universal Christ' pg 114:
Thanks so much to @WNCathedral for their weekly Eucharist broadcasts these days. Today's sermon by Bishop Budde focused on grief but also #anxiety—a much needed reflection these days, especially in my own life.
December 2, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Thanks so much to @WNCathedral for their weekly Eucharist broadcasts these days. Today's sermon by Bishop Budde focused on grief but also #anxiety—a much needed reflection these days, especially in my own life.
Questions that guide thinking and faith about a historical Resurrection http://hazelnutnotes.com/2020/04/23/questions-that-guide-thinking-and-faith-about-a-historical-resurrection/
December 2, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Questions that guide thinking and faith about a historical Resurrection http://hazelnutnotes.com/2020/04/23/questions-that-guide-thinking-and-faith-about-a-historical-resurrection/
Thank you @WNCathedral and @PB_Curry for organizing a virtual #Easter2020 service for us today to experience while being #HealthyAtHome
December 2, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Thank you @WNCathedral and @PB_Curry for organizing a virtual #Easter2020 service for us today to experience while being #HealthyAtHome
From "The New Testament in its World" by Wright and Bird 2019, pg. 259. /1
December 2, 2024 at 12:28 PM
From "The New Testament in its World" by Wright and Bird 2019, pg. 259. /1
The Big Bang, creation ex nihilo, and “God of the Gaps”: thoughts on Chapter 3 of “Until the End of Time” by Brian Greene http://hazelnutnotes.com/2020/04/09/the-big-bang-creation-ex-nihilo-and-god-of-the-gaps-thoughts-on-chapter-3-of-until-the-end-of-time-by-brian-greene/
December 2, 2024 at 12:28 PM
The Big Bang, creation ex nihilo, and “God of the Gaps”: thoughts on Chapter 3 of “Until the End of Time” by Brian Greene http://hazelnutnotes.com/2020/04/09/the-big-bang-creation-ex-nihilo-and-god-of-the-gaps-thoughts-on-chapter-3-of-until-the-end-of-time-by-brian-greene/
On entropy and thermodynamics: integrating physics and theology from Brian Greene’s “Until the End of Time” http://hazelnutnotes.com/2020/04/06/on-entropy-and-thermodynamics-integrating-physics-and-theology-from-brian-greenes-until-the-end-of-time/
December 2, 2024 at 12:28 PM
On entropy and thermodynamics: integrating physics and theology from Brian Greene’s “Until the End of Time” http://hazelnutnotes.com/2020/04/06/on-entropy-and-thermodynamics-integrating-physics-and-theology-from-brian-greenes-until-the-end-of-time/
Morning Eucharist quarantine worship courtesy @WNCathedral on YouTube. So grateful for this resource. 😊
December 2, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Morning Eucharist quarantine worship courtesy @WNCathedral on YouTube. So grateful for this resource. 😊
"What is the gospel?" Ruminations on creation, evolution, and Eucharistic Prayer C http://hazelnutnotes.com/2020/03/19/what-is-the-gospel-ruminations-on-creation-evolution-and-eucharistic-prayer-c/
December 2, 2024 at 12:38 PM
"What is the gospel?" Ruminations on creation, evolution, and Eucharistic Prayer C http://hazelnutnotes.com/2020/03/19/what-is-the-gospel-ruminations-on-creation-evolution-and-eucharistic-prayer-c/
Thoughts on the baptismal covenant in the Book of Common Prayer: five commitments to structure our daily lives http://hazelnutnotes.com/2020/03/08/thoughts-on-the-baptismal-covenant-in-the-book-of-common-prayer-five-commitments-to-structure-our-daily-lives/
December 2, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Thoughts on the baptismal covenant in the Book of Common Prayer: five commitments to structure our daily lives http://hazelnutnotes.com/2020/03/08/thoughts-on-the-baptismal-covenant-in-the-book-of-common-prayer-five-commitments-to-structure-our-daily-lives/