kingdom praxis | a.k.a. eliacín’s blog

threshold

Baptism is a threshold experience. It’s about moving through a doorway from one room to another, from one space to another, from one community to another. The baptismal service is the moment you stand on the threshold. But you don’t stay there. Before baptism, people belong to the community of their family and are beloved [...]

Gabrielito

Gabriel will be 5 months old tomorrow. On Sunday, he will take the big plunge as he is welcome into the family of the church through the rite of Holy Baptism.

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more than emerging church™

also known as la iglesia roja.
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=XFNMSAKJbYY ]

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Churches will be more community centers than kind of liturgical museums

The church by the middle years of next century is going to be much more involved in a renewal of spirituality. And the spirituality will be community based. Churches will be more community centers than kind of liturgical museums. They will be much more active on the grass-roots level in areas of social concern. They [...]

currently on my mind

R.E.M. Losing My Religion (live)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa4tzyDyiIk]

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the longhaul life of the community

the longhaul life of the community
via Alan Creech
So, this is what I mean by the longhaul life of the community. We cannot live as communities of faith who are dependent on the newest, coolest thing that comes down the pike. We can’t sustain a transformative life together by merely “hanging out” - [...]