January 2012
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“I write this to you because of how many of you have been challenged about your...”
– Rob Bell’s farewell letter to Mars Hill on his last Sunday, December 2011.
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Relax your jaw, breathe deeply, smile.
zenhabits:
Repeat as needed.
December 2011
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This Is Water, by David Foster Wallace →
invisibleforeigner:
In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship - be it JC or Allah, be it Yahweh or the Wiccan mother-goddess or the Four Noble Truths or some...
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“If you don’t take their money, they can’t tell you what to do.”
– Bill Cunningham (from Frank Chimero’s recent Hunches and Observations)
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“I confess to almighty God
and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have...”
– The new Roman Missal adds “through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault” to the assembly confession.
Also, the people’s response to “The Lord be with you” is now “And with your spirit” instead of “And also with you.”
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November 2011
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“Older brother, restless soul, lie down Lie...
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WatchMerlin Mann is funny.
Humanity Horse.
“As a Christian I want to say at this point: yes, it is true, in the course of...”
– Pope Benedict XVI, at the ‘Day of Reflection, Dialogue and Prayer for Peace and Justice in the World’ held in Assisi yesterday with other major world religious leaders of all faiths (via becket)
Amen.
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“When a 15th century poet named Ikkyu was asked, ‘What is the meaning of Zen?’ he...”
– What Kind of Buddhist was Steve Jobs, Really?
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“[T]he result is a faith that exists only at the very margins of our life, a...”
– Pete Rollins in his new book, Insurrection.
On viewing God in a utilitarian manner and attributing your actions and decisions as God’s desire and His will.
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“I called her on the phone and I said, ‘I’m being treated for the...”
– - Darrell Hammond interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air.
On growing up with an abusive mother, cutting backstage at SNL, and the need for God to be real.
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“Americans on both coasts tweet jokes about the sandwich, and reference that one...”
– Willy Staley in the most insightful and elegant article about McDonald’s McRib sandwich that you’ll ever (never?) read
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“Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise...”
– Stephen Colbert (Knox College commencement address, 2006).
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UN Human Development Index →
The United States drops from 4th to 23rd on this years index of inequalities in health, education, and income on the United Nations Development Program’s Human Development Index.
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October 2011
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“We have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and...”
– 1 Timothy 4:10
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'Silence is God's First Language' →
“The divine presence has always been with us, but we think it is absent. That thought is the monumental illusion of the human condition. The spiritual journey is designed to heal it.”
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WatchThis is an incredible story. Of life, tragedy, love, music, redemption. A story about a guy named Kohn (“Con”).
The story was retold recently on RadioLab here, and it just won an award at the Third Coast Int’l Audio Festival.
Enjoy.
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Mars Hill ©
Updated.
From The Gates are Open:
“Several weeks ago, Scott [Hagan] and his Sacramento congregation received a ‘Cease and Desist’ order which came from the Seattle Mars Hill Church. They were told that the Seattle Mars Hill had copyrighted the name ‘Mars Hill’ and they demanded that the California Mars Hill churches stop using the name and any logos with similar...
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“It is the nature of things that Christ did not come to make bad men good, but to...”
– Father Stephen Salvation, Ontology, Existential, and Other Large Words
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“The State is an illusion (a very dangerous illusion). It is an illusion in that...”
– Father Stephen The State of Things
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“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own — nobody.
You built a...”
– Elizabeth Warren
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“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh