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Jesus Freak by Sara Miles - Short Book Review

By Ricci Kilmer

“…anywhere there’s food, spirit and matter intersect.
And the power to feed — and particularly to share food
with people outside your tribe — always has the
potential to transform lives.” pg. 21
Too many of us stay in an ethereal realm where to greatest outcome of our food choices is a smug satisfaction of eating an [...]

In the 21st Century, they will know we follow Jesus because we…

This fantastic list was shared by Lauren Winner at the Christianity 21 event last month. I could not make it to the event, but jealously followed the conference thanks for my friends tweets.
I want to thank Hollie Baker-Lutz for compiling the list at Kyria’s Blog - also to Tim Snyder for bringing it to attention [...]

Moltmann - Eucharist: the Sacrament of Remembered Hope.

The following quote is powerful enough to start a true revolution.
In the Lord’s Supper, the eucharist, what history and life ‘between the times’ means for Christians is experienced in an examplary and definitive way. It is the sign of remembrance of Christ’s suffering and death ‘for many’, a remembrance which makes present, and as such [...]

Being Consumed - Short Book Review

 

 
Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire
By William T. Cavanaugh
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008
 
Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire is the latest book of Catholic theologian William Cavanaugh; a professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also the author of Torture and Eucharist: Theology, Politics, and the Body [...]

USA crossed our borders first

Actually the first Hispanics to become part of this country (USA) did not do so by migration, but were rather engulfed by the United States in its process of expansion- sometimes by purchase, sometimes by military conquest, and sometimes by single annexation of territories no one was strong enough to defend… Thus in the beginning [...]

Remembering Mev Puleo, Witness of Solidarity

“What does it means to be a Christian- a follower of the way of Jesus- in a world of contradictions and conflicts? What does it means to be on the way of Jesus when I view the worlds poverty from an air-conditioned tour bus?”

Mev Puleo (1963-1996), an American photojournalist and young Catholic who actively confronted [...]

Jan. 2 at MSH - Holy Cooperation! Conversation with Andrew McLeod

 

Tonight the Mustard Seed House will be hosting activits and author Andrew McLeod in a reading and conversation of his book Holy Coopertation: Building Graceful Economies. The Event is free bu registration is required.  Register online

 
 
Andrew McLeod will present his debut book - Holy Cooperation: Building Graceful Economies, Wipf & Stock Publishers- exploring the [...]

Howard Zinn: Anarchism Shouldn’t Be a Dirty Word

Howard Zinn: Anarchism Shouldn’t Be a Dirty Word | Democracy and Elections | AlterNet
Ziga Vodovnik: In your People’s History of the United States you show us that our freedom, rights, environmental standards, etc., have never been given to us from the wealthy and influential few, but have always been fought out by ordinary people [...]

The Becoming of G-d: What the Trinitarian nature of God has to do with Church and a deep Spirituality for the 21 Century

My friend and fellow Anglimergent Fr. Ian Mobsby just announced the launched of his second book. Ian’s community -Moot- is a sister to one of my communities here in Seattle, Church of the Apostles.
Here is what Ian says about his new book-

The Becoming of G-d: What the Trinitarian nature of God has to do with [...]

Strangers Bring Us Closer to God : Sara Miles

About a month or so ago, my Sarah Miles stopped to pay us a visit. I was glad that she was able to come and enjoy a very simple lunch and relax before returning to her book reading and presentation engagements here in Seattle.
Yesterday, Sarah was on NPR and my daughter was glued to the [...]

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