I won't be blogging for the period of the Olympic games... from today until we return from Greenbelt... as a mark of respect for all those who have died, who endure torture, oppression, exile and cultural persecution in the country of Tibet from the invasion in the 1950's right up to the present day... including the 4000 Tibetans who have disappeared, and the 200 who where murdered in and since the Protests in March/April this year!
Came across this post from Larry Gross on d2k on loving the people and place where you live... for me this is key to real incarnational faith... God loved the world so much that he sent his son - God incarnate... we love as God loved us - incarnationally and sacrificially... surely this is the message of the Gospel, echoed in the mission of the church (1 Thessalonians 2 etc.) - sorry if this doesn't fit with the whole dualism/total depravity thing, but it seems to me clear that God LOVES the world (not the same as LIKES all of what the world has become on our watch) and we are called to do the same... anyway loved this post - Thanks Larry (excerpt below)...
If you can’t love the people God placed you in contact with… you’re a poser in desperate need of a serious kick in the head by the Boots of the Gospel of Peace. Do you think we live where we live by some freak accident? Do you think you’ve been placed near that guy who really pisses you off because God is mad at you? Do you think your nemesis exists purely for the Devil’s enjoyment? Nope.I live where I live because God has called me to love the people I’m near. Nobody I live near is an accident. The people in my neighborhood who tick me off are here to remind me that I must rely on the Spirit to love this person and respond winsomely to their barbed attacks. My multiple nemesises exist to remind me that I must find my worth in God and God alone.
To stop being a poser, I’ve realized that I must fully live my theology. I’ve realized that working out my salvation with fear and trembling equates to getting my butt out there in the world and actually working out what I believe in the LIVING of life
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... it's nice to hear some positive reflections from Lambeth... Brian Mclaren writes...
My sense is that the quiet, prayerful, and humble patience of Archbishop Rowan Williams is leading the way to better days for the Anglican Communion. It feels like the bishops gathered here are turning a corner together. I feel that I'm witnessing the emergence of something good, beautiful, true, and blessed ... Hearts here are sincerely open to the Spirit of God.NB... the title of this post is supposed to be read with your tongue firmly in your cheek ;-)
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A great Lambeth post from the Blogging Bishop (+ Alan Buckingham) Demonic Buddhist Chant In Cathedral - just shows how easy it is to make a fool out of yourself by being reactionary, without checking out the facts! A lesson for all of us - myself included!
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Our liturgies have been used all over the world and in all sorts of situations... but there's something about the way Matt used them on his holiday on a barge that makes me feel great! Thanks Matt :)
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Dave Walker, of Cartoon Church and cartoonist in residence at Lambeth 08, has been effectively censored by a cheap and cowardly method... a "cease and desist" notice which means that unless he could fund a long and expensive legal battle he has no choice but to remove his truthful reportage... see the story on "Thinking Anglicans" and if you want to read the actual posts that had to be removed then, "praise be to Google" for their cache! Click here for the direct links to the cached posts.
Strangely it seems Dave has been forced to remove the post explaining why his other posts have been removed! So the censors don't want their censorship to be public knowledge eh? Shame that the internet just doesn't work that way! But if this post disappears you'll know why! ;-)
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Bishop Alan (Bucks) (not pictured ;-) ) has a Blogroll of Bishops Blogging Lambeth - including Gene Robinson (who writes as he speaks with a gentle and poetic tone)
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Word & Image & Faith - from Jan Richardson (& her Studio Site)
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St Brendan-esque quote from Mark Twain... with thanks to Rick Meigs - the Blind Beggar
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
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Brian McLaren: Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices
Paul S. Fiddes: Participating in God: A Pastoral Doctrine of the Trinity
Tom Sine: The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time
Walter Brueggemann: Living Toward a Vision: Biblical Reflections on Shalom (Shalom Resource)
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