sound bites of life on 2009-03-19

  • @Sarcasticluther that make the issue of the Geez even better! #
  • now that was gross but funny. #
  • Tom Sine responds to feedback on a few churches that give a damn and other that are in denial http://tinyurl.com/dlbgdg #
  • Remembering the Feast of Saint Joseph http://tinyurl.com/5upd2 #
  • The ‘emergent church’ – growing but hard to define http://tinyurl.com/cqjvtt #
  • The Emergent Psalter by Isaac Everett coming soon http://tinyurl.com/cgzc9n I dig his music. Listen – http://tinyurl.com/c6np8g #
  • @jasonevans The Future of Christian Learning? http://tinyurl.com/c5d8d7 I’m conspiring on some counter-curriculums . I’m listening too. #
  • RT @episcopalcafe: Offering “meat” 4 the Bishops’ Letter on the Economy: Terry Martin, Evangelism Officer for TEC http://tinyurl.com/dg2ybf #
  • @otherthan Vivace take pride in making their coffee into and artform. #
  • @ianmobsby Will you see Mark Pierson? If so, say hi from us at the Mustard Seed House. #
  • “human beings are [God's] image bearer creatures and not puppets….” #
  • Looking forward to publishing of this book by a fellow Seattlelite conspirator http://tinyurl.com/dmfv72 #

sound bites of life on 2009-03-18

sound bites of life on 2009-03-17

  • @Casmar do you mean Querido Eliacín? #
  • In Seattle- You still have time tonight to join conversation & panel discussion Why the Homeless? depth class http://tinyurl.com/dl4spf #
  • RT @humanspectrum: Color blind Britain – UK has one of the fastest growing mixed race populations in the world http://bit.ly/vjd0q #
  • RT @humanspectrum: equal opportuntiy recession? African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans & Asians bearing the brunt http://bit.ly/fcgz #
  • watching Dorothy Day talk about Anarchism. http://tinyurl.com/dcj2df #
  • Farina always remind me of home. #
  • Is St. Patrick the only saint that evangelicals allow themselves to recognize? No mentioned of the both St. Gregory’s last week. #
  • @jasonevans Catie actually like how I do her piggie tails, “they’re different” she says. #
  • @mattwiebe that’s funny and true, plus he has become a domesticated saint, which makes him more manageable. #
  • Listening to John Howard Yoder speaks about the limitations of Democracy http://tinyurl.com/cvazap #
  • Can you name other saints to celebrate without having to wear green? #
  • Book recommendation: Oscar Romero: Memories in Mosaic http://tinyurl.com/dehhmn #
  • @soupiset there is already a Saint Eliacín, he lives his holy life quietly in the little town of Juana Díaz, PR. I’m blessed to be his son. #
  • RT @patl: @eliacin The St Patrick we celebrate has virtually nothing to do with the historical figure. Kinda like Jesus in that respect. #
  • @PeterRollins very nice. Thanks for sharing. #
  • RT @zachtroberts: “The preacher no longer needs to preach, for there are Christians who preach by their own lives.” #Romero #
  • @alexispl Rosario is a beautiful name. #
  • @alexispl an iPod touch kindle #
  • RT @Argon52: McLaren: Discernment is a Spiritual Discipline of the church. We need to pick this disciple up back again and live into it. #
  • @breyeschow that is #dork. You’re welcome. #
  • RT @andredaley: Interested in Intentional Community in Grand Rapids Franklin Farm’s 4th unit is ready for more members http://is.gd/nLZV #
  • ok… ok.. I better get some house work done. Practicing the presence of G_d while vacuuming. #

sound bites of life on 2009-03-16

  • @emergentvillage @livingsexuality niether the romantic concept of marriage by choice. #
  • Dishes done, kids feeling a bit better, clothes still to be fold, lotsa dirty little diapers – performing acts of spiritual nurturing. #
  • “The more grace you receive, the more work you end up doing.” #
  • @wendy_johnson before you head to sleep? HA! As if I didn’t know you guys! Many blessings to all of you. #anglimergent #
  • @rmswanny have a great time today. Give a hug to Michelle and Sara for me, will ya? #
  • digging the new design for http://www.jesusradicals.com/ #
  • hey church/religious/spiritual leader/facilitator/companion are you trying to live what you are calling “your” people to be? Just asking. #
  • RT @episcopalcafe: Church foreclosure rate rising: Young congregations are struggling across this country … http://tinyurl.com/c3ndvo #
  • @cwdaniels Congratulations!! We’ll be having coffee soon. #
  • @wbboyd #coffee that is a nice burning bush in your latte. Moses would have been impressed. #
  • Seattle, May 16 – Pentecost Seattle – Faith and Justice for the 21st Century Seattle . Register now http://pentecostseattle.com/main/ #
  • @spiritfarmer nothing new. We all knew you were that smart before the establishment gave your their stamp of approval. Congratulations!! #
  • RT @breyeschow: As promised, an invitation to write together as bloggers turned book authors collective – http://tinyurl.com/dcmpt5 #

Remembering Padre Camilo Torres

 

Father Camilo Torres Restrepo (born in BogotáColombia on 3 February 1929 – died in Santander on 15 February 1966) was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest, a predecessor of theLiberation Theology and a member of the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group. During his life, he tried to reconcile revolutionary Marxism with Catholicism, or vice-versa.

Torres was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1954, but continued to study for some years at the Pontifical Catholic University of Leuven (Louvain) in Belgium. When he returned to Colombia, he increasingly felt obliged to actively support the cause of poor people and the labouring class. Camilo Torres believed that in order to secure justice for the people, Christians had a duty to use violent action[citation needed] (cf: an eye for an eye).

As part of the academic staff of the National University of Colombia, he was a co-founder of the Sociology Faculty together with Orlando Fals Borda in 1960.

His involvement in several student and political movements during the time won him a large following and also many detractors, specially from the government and the church itself. Due to the growing pressure to back down from his radical positions, Camilo Torres saw himself persecuted and went into hiding (leaving his job as an academic) by joining the guerrillas in Colombia. He served as a low-ranking member of the ELN to whom he also provided spiritual assistance and inspiration from a Marxist-Christian point of view. He was killed in his first combat experience, when the ELN ambushed a Colombian Military patrol.

After his death, Camilo Torres was made an official martyr of the ELN.

He is perhaps best known for the quote: “If Jesus were alive today, He would be a guerrillero.”[citation needed]

In the Dominican Republic in 1970 a revolutionary group that included catholic clergy members and university students was founded under the name CORECATO which stood forComando Revolucionario Camilo Torres or Revolutionary Command Camilo Torres.