Let us pray,
Present in a world groaning under the excesses of consumption we acknowledge the inherent goodness of non-motorized human powered transportation and give thanks for the simple beauty of the bicycle. God of life,
Hear our prayer…
May the road rise to meet you….. May the wind be ever at your back. ….May all your journeying [...]
Every year a few little words appear in a Glasgow University stairwell, the first time I noticed it was the summer of 2005 (photo bottom right), and when I was walking around the uni a few weeks ago it noticed it back again (top photo). Here’s someone else’s story:
On the landing of the steps [...]
I’m consistantly impressed with the quality of Rowan William’s youtube reflections on the church year.. it’s appropriate for the medium, and there’s been a bit more than the conventional “ehmm.. I suppose we’ll upload the sermon” approach to using social media. Still waiting for him to begin twittering though..!
It’s interesting to watch the little trend of [...]
Following on from the previous post on microblogging and monasticism… discovered twitturgies today.. (ht jonny baker)
or if you’re feeling seasonally confused – advent or new year
Just finished watching “Trouble in Amish Paradise” a BBC2 documentary about two families on the edge of the Amish religious establishment. An interesting insight into hermeneutics, culture, instituitionalism and all that jazz – Foucault could have a field day. (apologies for agricultural pun..)
Well worth a watch (available on iplayer for only two more days..)
From the [...]
In August this year, Greenbelt Festival hosted a conversation for anyone interested in exploring the possibility of doing something like Greenbelt in Scotland. So a second meeting took place in Perth in November to take things a step further.
So ‘The PROJECT‘ was born… an interim process of small, viral, organic events during 2009 & 2010, [...]
Caught a few Pete Rollins videos courtesy of Existential Punk this evening, and then my little youtube dander ended up on the paraclete press youtube channel.. a little treat with pete rollins, phylis tickle and brian mclaren.
a nice wee stroll!
if you have only time to watch one.. i’d go for this one..
John and Olive Drane continue their reflections on Brian McLaren’s time in the UK, their final few phrases provide a good starting point for thinking:
One other thing we’ve been thinking about is the way Brian focused the atonement debate, with this question: what or who do we need to be saved from – from God [...]
Last night I went to hear the influential false teacher (!?) Brian McClaren speaking in Glasgow, along with plenty of others (Met up with some twitter folks beforehand too.. stewartcutler, jaythomas21 and headphonaught – that was fun!)
selected translations from the scribbles:
* riffing on the idea of reimagining the Kingdom of God (emmsy and stewart have [...]
