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Dissappointed (with God)?

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2010-11-03

You’re in good company if these quotes are anything to go by. And yet, some of these quotes come to us as scripture. What sort of God would embrace that? What might God be saying to us through that?
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Non-Gnostic Mysticism

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2010-11-02

Many people who are frustrated with orthodox Christianity, at least in the form they’re familiar with, turn to Gnosticism as a way of seekingout deeper spiritual experience. And when they do this, they often speak of the shift in polarised terms, as a turning from exotericism to esotericism, from institutionalism to…
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Quantum Christianity

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2010-11-01

Just a question, but have any of you ever tried to reconcile quantum physics with Christian spirituality? What sort of questions come up for you?
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A prayer for peace

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2010-10-30

Written by Jack Knox, pastor of Salem Mennonite Church. Gracious Lord, we dream of a world free of poverty and oppression, and we yearn for a world free of vengeance and violence. And we pray for your peace. When our hearts ache for the victims of war and oppression, help…
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What sort of king is God?

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2010-10-30

We often hear God spoken of as King, but what sort of king is he? Here are some selected comments from a recent Facebook conversation that I hope will get a few of you thinking: Brian Pendell: What kind of king is he? David was a king, but so was…
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Halloween: the night I met my wife

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2010-10-30

As we approach Halloween, I find myself reflecting on the night I met my wife. It was at a Halloween party. I was a non-Christian at the time, quite anti-Christian in fact. She was a Christian … who’d come dressed as a witch. We found each other interesting, the rest…
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The History Of Thin Places

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2010-10-29

Okay, so to return to the story of Thin Places. First I have to locate it historically. Thin Places began back around 2002 as an offshoot of Community of Hope, a ministry amongst New Age seekers at Mind Body Spirit Festivals that I’d been part of since 1997 or thereabouts.…
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The wheel of the year and the tree of life

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2010-10-23

Yesterday, in introducing the book, Encountering New Religious Movements and the Thin Places missional worship experiment, reference was made to a collaborative project “in designing an artistic reinterpretation of the sabbats that visually portrays Christ’s mission.” Well, here’s the actual artwork. You’ll find more, including the explanation at The Wheel and the…
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Encountering New Religious Movements: Thin Places

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2010-10-23

I have been asked to provide some background on the Thin Places missional worship experiment I led some years ago for some US seminary students studying the book, “Encountering New Religious Movements: A Holistic Evangelical Approach“. Thinking my responses may be interesting for some of you as well, I’ve decided…
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Meditations on the Tarot – The Magician

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2010-10-22

Ole Skjerbæk Madsen, a Lutheran Pastor and online mate of mine, has released more meditations on the tarot. I think I’ll be posting a few of these over the next few weeks.
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