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The Life of God is already in You: The Spirituality of Excercise (Part 3/4)

Friday, March 11, 2011

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This is post 3/4 in a series of Blog Posts on “Faithing you Practices” or seeing the spiritual meaning of everyday things. See the Introductory Post for some context. You can also check out the second post on some idea’s about how to go about becoming more aware of the spiritual meaning of everyday things, as [...]

Walter Brueggemann on Scarcity: Quote of the Week

Thursday, March 10, 2011

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This mindset of scarcity is not something we intentionally created or have any conscious intention to bring into our life. It was here before us and it will like persist beyond us, perpetuated in the myths and language of our money culture. We do however, have a choice about whether or not to buy into [...]

Henri Nouwen on the Roots of Loneliness: Quote of the Week

Friday, March 4, 2011

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The roots of loneliness are very deep…they find their food in the suspicion that there is no one who cares and offers love without conditions, and no place where we can be vulnerable without being used. - (Henri Nouwen) Reaching Out This quote was taken from a beautiful pamphlet called, A Spirituality of Fundraising. It is [...]

Of Fugitives, Rabbis and the ‘Good Book’

Monday, February 21, 2011

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This is an edit of an old post which came about after reading Henry Nouwen’s posthumously published Spiritual Direction. In his book he retells a talmudic tale that I think raises some interesting questions about how we read the Bible. I think it addresses many of the (valid) concerns people have about becoming someone formed [...]

Richard Rohr on the fear of death: Quote of the Week

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

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I am just about to finish off Richard Rohr’s “Everything Belongs”. Every now and then an author come along who you read and think, “I have never read anything like that.” This book was like that for me. It took me like 5 weeks to read cause it was so profound and beautiful, it’s the [...]

Why we always get stuck when trying to solve South African problems.

Monday, January 31, 2011

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I was reading back on some old posts and came across these great insights from Adam Kahane’s Solving Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening and Creating New Realities. This was really influential in helping me understand why so often meaningful conversation and helpful problem solving in South Africa is so difficult. Whether across ideological, theological [...]

What will you be reading in 2011?

Thursday, January 13, 2011

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First off some good news. I got a kindle. Yes! It’s really sweet and I think in the long run is going to save me money, give me access to more books and allow me to travel light. The question always asked is ‘how does it compare to a real book?’ Well perhaps I am [...]