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Fasting and Spiritual Disciplines

The topic of fasting was brought to my mind by Gordon in his post: “You Shall Not Live By Bread Alone”. I have pursued the discipline of fasting at several times in the past. I have found that fasting is a discipline that does not necessarily produce fruit in a single instance. It takes the […]

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Transitions

Having been through many transitions personally in the past few months, I was particularly intrigued by the post on the Emerging Women blog – Coming of Age Rituals in the EC. I agree that perhaps there may be more ways in which the church could mark the coming of age of individuals. In some churches, […]

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Into the Future

“Let’s say that instead of the present being pushed into the future by the past, that the past is being pushed out of the present by the future that is constantly rushing in.” (McClaren, Brian. The Story We Find Ourselves In. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. p. 148) I have been reading the The Story We […]

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In the past few months, I have become more interes…

In the past few months, I have become more interested in the emerging church conversation that is taking place in various places within Christianity. I have currently been reading through a series of books written by Brian McClaren. I just finished A New Kind of Christian and am started on The Story We Find Ourselves […]

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Pastorate N-R

Hello out there, this is the first post to a possible Pastorate blog.