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poetproph: October 2013
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A college and seminary prof posts on poetry, spirituality, theology and connections between a thoughtful and committed faith and daily life in our broken world. View my complete profile. Thursday, October 17, 2013. Atheist Churches and Disciple-Making Congregations. Also on Episcopal cafe. I have been reading with interest about the new movement among atheists to found churches. ( an example here. His use of the word “ require. We have a story to tell, and it is good news. How can churches help peopl...
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poetproph: Why I Believe in God and Not in Santa Claus
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A college and seminary prof posts on poetry, spirituality, theology and connections between a thoughtful and committed faith and daily life in our broken world. View my complete profile. Sunday, August 24, 2014. Why I Believe in God and Not in Santa Claus. Also on episcopal cafe. Image:1881 0101 tnast santa 200.jpg. Licensed under Public domain via. A piece by T.M. Luhrmann. In a recent issue of the Sunday NY Times. Believe that God is always “making a list and checking it twice,”. On the other hand, I d...
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poetproph: September 2013
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A college and seminary prof posts on poetry, spirituality, theology and connections between a thoughtful and committed faith and daily life in our broken world. View my complete profile. Thursday, September 5, 2013. What is Old and What is New. Also on episcopal cafe. In the upstairs choir room at our church, on the bulletin board, there is a set of crayon drawings by Sunday school children. One of the Sunday school pictures has my daughter’s name on it. My daughter is now 25. Me toward a vocation that h...
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poetproph: August 2013
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A college and seminary prof posts on poetry, spirituality, theology and connections between a thoughtful and committed faith and daily life in our broken world. View my complete profile. Saturday, August 31, 2013. I happened to be reading the final chapter of Malcolm Guite's excellent book. Faith Hope and Poetry. Theology and the Poetic Imagination. But what I love particularly are the closing lines:. In the word-hoard, burrow. The coil and gleam. Of your furrowed brain. In the long foray. Episcopal Chur...
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poetproph: Another Annunciation
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A college and seminary prof posts on poetry, spirituality, theology and connections between a thoughtful and committed faith and daily life in our broken world. View my complete profile. Edwin Mellen Poetry Press, 2003, 2009). Available for purchase at KHSBooks. Imagine, a story that didn't make it in,. But it must have been part of the story behind. The story we have. Poets have to guess at these things. While the other women bearing spices stood, bewildered. In the empty tomb. No longer in his eyes.
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poetproph: August 2014
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A college and seminary prof posts on poetry, spirituality, theology and connections between a thoughtful and committed faith and daily life in our broken world. View my complete profile. Sunday, August 24, 2014. Why I Believe in God and Not in Santa Claus. Also on episcopal cafe. Image:1881 0101 tnast santa 200.jpg. Licensed under Public domain via. A piece by T.M. Luhrmann. In a recent issue of the Sunday NY Times. Believe that God is always “making a list and checking it twice,”. On the other hand, I d...
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poetproph: May 2014
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A college and seminary prof posts on poetry, spirituality, theology and connections between a thoughtful and committed faith and daily life in our broken world. View my complete profile. Saturday, May 3, 2014. Street Theater and Gospel Presence. Also on episcopal cafe. My Lenten season this year began and ended with participation in displays of religion out in the streets. This is not my usual mode:. And adding a prayer of blessing Why would people pull over to hear those apparently grim words? I’v...
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poetproph: Mainline Spirituality: The hymns I have "by heart"
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A college and seminary prof posts on poetry, spirituality, theology and connections between a thoughtful and committed faith and daily life in our broken world. View my complete profile. Friday, January 24, 2014. Mainline Spirituality: The hymns I have "by heart". Also on episcopal cafe. A passage from Scripture I’ve come back to a lot is from Matthew 13:52. An important part of my formation was the hymnody of this tradition, and the many hymns I know “by heart” are often the deepest foundati...Century, ...
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poetproph: The Practice of Discernment (again)
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A college and seminary prof posts on poetry, spirituality, theology and connections between a thoughtful and committed faith and daily life in our broken world. View my complete profile. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. The Practice of Discernment (again). It has been awhile since I updated this blog - will try to do better this summer (2015) by including some musings on topics that are coming up in my teaching and retreat work over this next few months. This post also appeared in "Toast". One way of practicing.