I am looking forward to Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer. This is a major documentary feature film and companion book from HarperOne With Dr. Norris J. Chumley and V.Rev. Dr. John A McGuckin. You can join their mailing list for prayers, chants, etc at http://www.MysteriesoftheJesusPrayer.com.
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The Golden Rule is expressed in the teachings of Jesus as: “In everything do to others as you would have them do to you.” Matthew 7:12 “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” Luke 6:31 Many religions and great teachers express this positive reciprocal responsibility in slightly different ways. There is
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If you were predestined to be a Calvinist then you will have no choice about whether or not you go and see this movie. It is fascinating to me that, suddenly after the Christchurch earthquake, our very secular (might I be so bold to say often-anti-Christian) media is full of “where was God in the
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From time to time I write to emphasise how the virtual community is a real community. After the Christchurch February 22 earthquake this site was down for three weeks. I was conscious that many would be worried and soon got the word out via facebook and twitter. Within days I biked to find internet to
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“I Am” is a documentary by American comedian, producer, director, and writer, Tom Shadyac (director of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty). After a 2007 bike accident, Tom became obsessed with giving his wealth away. In this film he interviews top scientists, religious leaders, and philosophers including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Noam Chomsky,
Christians have a bad track record when it comes to sex. For so many people, Christians are known for either having sex inappropriately or stopping others from enjoying it. And very often it’s the very people stopping others from enjoying it who are found out to be the ones who are actually, hypocritically having sex
The Hour That Changes Everything: How worship forms us into the people God wants us to be by John van de Laar John is a Methodist minister who has served three times as Worship Director for the National Conference of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. His website, Sacredise, has similar hopes to this one
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Some Christian spirituality pointers from the movie ”We have nothing if not belief.” There are many lessons in the story, such as Lucy Pevensie’s desire to be different to who she is. [I thought Will Poulter as Eustace Scrubb was astonishing.] “Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” C.S.
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