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Eucharist III | EIKON

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Vignettes, anecdotes, ideas, and random thots. Another episode in a ‘Thinking Out Loud’ series). They have come from all over the world, to Jerusalem, the City of the Great King. Jerusalem, perhaps the most liminal and Thin Place on planet. They hold out their hands and receive the Bread of Heaven, crushed and broken for them. They drink of the Cup of Salvation, imbibing of the Eternal Joy represented within. They are One. One Faith, One Lord, One Baptism. By eikonministries on July 27, 2012. BEN: One of...

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EIKON | Vignettes, anecdotes, ideas, and random thots | Page 2

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Vignettes, anecdotes, ideas, and random thots. Bull;July 27, 2012 • Leave a Comment. Another episode in a ‘Thinking Out Loud’ series). Wine is Joy. Sharing wine together is to ‘make merry’ and celebrate the gifts of harvest and hope. Of relationships established or renewed. Of life that continues through the breaking of bread. Joy for the reward of hard, gruelling labour has resulted in life, hope and future. Joy because New Life, Hope and Future have been reaffirmed. Life in the Blood. Bread is life&#46...

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The Host | EIKON

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Vignettes, anecdotes, ideas, and random thots. Out on the horizon, you can pick it out quite easily. The land all around it is that familiar reds, browns, yellows, and yellowish-browns of the colour of sand. Yet, what you see is dramatically black and obvious. No attempts at hiding here. As you move closer, you can see people milling about the Black Object. They are busy with the workings of the group, primarily seeing to animals, or if not to animals, then to staying out of the sun. It is the tent.

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Shabbat | EIKON

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Vignettes, anecdotes, ideas, and random thots. Tasting the World to Come. 2nd to last episode in a ‘Thinking Out Loud’ series). The week is nearly done. People are racing around, leaning into Shabbat. All are chasing it; smelling it; sensing it; aching for it. A woman’s hands light the candles whilst praying, ‘Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the Universe…’ The time has been demarcated. Sanctity has been placed. The portal is open. A sacred meal. A sacred,. I will give you rest. All we need do is...

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Beginnings | EIKON

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Vignettes, anecdotes, ideas, and random thots. Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her,. All you who love her,’ says the Lord. Rejoice with her in joy,. All you who mourn over her,. That you may drink deeply with delight. From her consoling breast.’. For thus says our God,. You shall be nursed and carried on her arm. As a mother comforts her children,. So I will comfort you;. You shall see and your heart shall rejoice;. You shall flourish like the grass of the fields.’. It cries out from the site wher...

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Praying | EIKON

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Vignettes, anecdotes, ideas, and random thots. I am a reprehensibly poor praying person. Perhaps that statement isn’t strong enough. But, you get the idea. I don’t pray in a holy enough fashion, consistently enough, or with power or verve or nerve. Maybe if I just had the stuff the Oracle at Delphi had…. We are, indeed, surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses. Some of them have left us an inheritance; a heritage. A priceless Trust Fund. They, who waltzed in company with the Angels and were c...God willi...

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Land | EIKON

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Vignettes, anecdotes, ideas, and random thots. The last episode in a ‘Thinking Out Loud’ series). Memory. The Land echoes with Deep Memory. It has seen civilisations, peoples, empires and wars come and go. It continues to do so. It has seen much, heard much, and been subjected to more. It remembers. It. It testifies to what happened. Moulding. The Land moulds and shapes. Individuals, tribes, nations. Bodies, minds, spirits. Prophets, priests, kings. Storytellers and Saviours. It g...Be moulded and shaped...

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Leaning into Shabbat | EIKON

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Vignettes, anecdotes, ideas, and random thots. Sunset, Sea of Galilee. In Erev Shabbats past, I have always tended to view it as going into combat. I have to steel myself against the onslaught, both physical and emotional (I am partially introverted, so sometimes the presence of lots of people ‘burns us, Precious! 8217;). Just this morning, I ripped off the movie. By quoting William Wallace shouting, ‘Are you ready for a war? 8217; prior to stepping out to go grocery shopping. But, what if everyone is.

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Re-Cutting Covenants | EIKON

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Vignettes, anecdotes, ideas, and random thots. Some mostly coherent thoughts on covenantal dining follow.). I am always fascinated by the indelible connection between food and relationship. When you want to get to know someone, you almost always do it over some sort of food: go out for coffee, eat lunch, go on a dinner date, etc. This past Friday night, I challenged the students to view Shabbat Dinner as their act of recommitting to the relationship of peace that they have, one with another, in the Chris...