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Though we stretch and grow and stretch some more we all have a maximum capacity for our emotional, physical and spiritual well-being.
I remember a time when I was working upwards of 60 hours a week, playing music and helping lead a spiritual community while attempting to foster positive an meaningful relationships.
I broke, shut down.
In the time following I attempted to cut away at my…
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Hope and Glory
My interest in simple living began with reading Richard Foster’s Christian classic Celebration of Discipline. Richard borrowed and built on some of the writings of Thomas Merton.
Later I read and reread Foster’s book Simplicity which is a text I continually return to, and often.
On my kindle is a classic simplicity text from the 80s that many now describe as prophetic. I would say it is very…
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La Guaria and the Silent Life
La Guaria and the Silent Life
A Saturday morning with a group on a Thomas Merton retreat. It’s a glorious, crisp morning much like this Costa Rican coffee roasted by Origin. I’ve brewed this coffee several ways but my favourite has been with the French Press… 50g to 850g water. It’s just enough to bring out the white tea and and allow the grapefruit aftertaste to linger softly. Aside from coffee I am not a fan of grapefruit…
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Kochere by The Barn Berlin and Boyzone
Kochere by The Barn Berlin and Boyzone
The mornings are slowly become lighter, but today we woke to a thin crisp layer of frost and snow.
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It’s a day off so after the school run it’s listening to a podcast while I clean the kitchen, do laundry and purge my coffee grinder.
All done… so now I’m here to enjoy an aeropress of Kochere roasted lovingly by the wonderful people at TheBarnBerlin. This a is a very clean, sweet coffee-…
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The Sacred Art of Loving Kindness - Finca Tamana
The Sacred Art of Loving Kindness – Finca Tamana
New Year’s Day has begun with a cup of The Barn Berlin’s crisp Finca Tamana. I found letting the cup cool a little longer than usual allowed for a juicy apple to come through rather than the red berry that is marked on the bag, and it continues with that sweetness to the end of the cup.
On my kindle is [The Sacred Art of Loving Kindess](http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004EPYPXA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qi…
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Tarantino and the Ten Virgins- working with Girard
Tarantino and the Ten Virgins- working with Girard
I have laboured the last few nights with a recurring, violent nightmare. In the dream I am awaiting an aggressor who keeps sending others to kill me. In my desire to dialogue and create peace with him I am forced into choosing to shoot (rather than be shot by) those he sends in the hope I may be able to reason with him about this aggression: that he may eventually see sense.
Tarantino would be…
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When failure is an option When failure is an option, dreams are made possible.
Leadership as Story Listening...
Leadership as Story Listening…
Here is a great video I found on SwissMiss about leadership and story telling. Many of you know I have argued vociferously for change of language… of a complete doing away of the language of leadership to a language and culture of service.
I have been an advocate of listening as the key tool to effective evangelism and community, and this puts it brilliantly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8-Q…
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Wild Geese
Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the…
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Frederick Beuchner Original image by Sweetie187, Creative Commons Licence
Saturday Morning questions: Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
A Fugazi gig changed the way I did church
A Fugazi gig changed the way I did church
Have you ever say in a church meeting and listened to the preacher say something a little more than dubious? It doesn’t feel right and you want to question it?
I have… several times from big name preachers to small town pastors. More honestly- I know I’ve spouted statements which would raise a few eye-brows. Wouldn’t it be great if the audience had a right of reply or the opportunity to seek…
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Saturday Morning Questions: Raising Boys and Tanzanian Sellan
Saturday Morning Questions: Raising Boys and Tanzanian Sellan
Every Saturday I let you know How I’m doing, what I’m reading/inspired by and what I’m brewing. I want you to know what’s making me tick, but I also want to hear your answers so I can find new inspirations and coffees… in short Saturday is for connecting.
Raising Boys by Steve Biddulph was recommended to us by a fantastic set of parents to two teenage boys. My wife had been sharing her dismay at…
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Saturday Morning Questions: The Broken Body and Sitio Canaa
Saturday Morning Questions: The Broken Body and Sitio Canaa
Every Saturday I let you know How I’m doing, what I’m reading/inspired by and what I’m brewing. I want you to know what’s making me tick, but I also want to hear your answers so I can find new inspirations and coffees… in short Saturday is for connecting.
This morning is another glorious morning. I try my best to use Easter as a process of theological reflection. It’s too easy to start looking to…
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Gift- learning how to be rich I wanted to share this tear-jerker with you. It reminded me of Mark 12's woman at the Temple.
Why WorldVisionUSA have finally got it right...
Why WorldVisionUSA have finally got it right…
WorldVisionUSA have finally got it right. Yes, you heard me say it.
Yesterday’s statement reversing the decision to support equal marriage says they have their priorities in order and here’s why:
They had no need to release a statement on equal marriage. They could have had a quiet policy change within the institution (and indeed many believe they effectively had), but they wanted to make a…
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Method without the madness
Method without the madness
I came across this great blog post from Aidan Ashby, but in it he highlighted this fantastic quote from Pete Greig
“We must carry on subverting our own systems without destroying what God has given to us – break rules to build relationships”
Sadly, I think we get too comfortable in our systems and methods whatever their origin (conservative or progressives) and lose focus from journeying with…
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