I’m reading from All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time by Robert Ellsberg.
The saint for January 6th is Jacques Ellul, the French theologian and sociologist.
He believed that the task of Christian living was “to create a new style of life,” in opposition to secular criteria. Robert Ellsberg puts it [...]
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Jacques Ellul on Christian Living
Posted in church, spiritual practices, spirituality, theology on 6 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
lenten ponderings
Posted in Lent, prayer, spiritual practices, spirituality, worship on 4 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, my holiday decorations are not even put away; the Christmas tree still sparkles in our living room. Even so, the church calendar speeds along quickly this year, and Ash Wednesday is just over a month away.
I’m trying to find some focus for our Lenten season by reflecting on experiences of solitude, meditation, and [...]
Guiding vision worship, week 1
Posted in church, spiritual practices, worship on 7 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Blessed to be a blessing worship 2007Originally uploaded by revnancy
First Christian Church of Puyallup is a gathering of diverse individuals called by God to live as a blessing in our own neighborhoods and in the world.
Blessed to be a blessing was the theme of our worship. We picked up this marvelous idea from Steve Taylor [...]
discernment conversations
Posted in change, church, spiritual practices, spirituality on 20 December 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Our elders met last night for dinner and a pint. As part of our conversations I offered up the question from Diana Butler Bass’ chapter on discernment, “Where do you see God in your ministry?”
I probably shouldn’t have sprung the question on them out of the blue.
I elaborated a bit. [...]
discernment…what’s that all about?
Posted in change, church, prayer, spiritual practices on 11 December 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Our clergy reading group will be discussing chapter 6 Listening for Truth from Diana Butler Bass’s book Christianity for the Rest of Us. It’s a timely conversation for me because of our congregation’s participation in a transformation process directed by the Center for Parish Development.
In this chapter Bass describes churches involved in the [...]
running with joy
Posted in Advent, church, prayer, spiritual practices, spirituality on 8 December 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Leaving the Labyrinth
Originally uploaded by revnancy.
The labyrinth was a new experience for almost everyone in the congregation. Except for a couple of our youth. One had walked a labyrinth at camp this summer; another at our regional assembly.
Most adults walked the [...]
Labyrinth Walk continued
Posted in Advent, church, prayer, spiritual practices on 5 December 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Labyrinth 1
Originally uploaded by revnancy.
Another picture from this morning’s labyrinth walk.
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