Chris Hall, in Worshiping With the Church Fathers , examines the topic of prayer in the fathers and he has several chps because the topic of prayer was so central to the worship of the early fathers. Proba, a woman, wrote a letter to Augustine asking his advice on prayer to which he responded in a…

One of our friends, Mark Oestreicher, was for years a leader at Youth Specialties, and he followed the legendary Mike Yaconelli. Well, Marko has been pondering for a good while now “what’s next?” in his youth ministry life, and there were leaks and rumors and whispers behind closed doors, but it’s now official: He’s becoming…

Yesterday: From Brian McLaren’s blog: Quiz:When I am presented with a new idea or proposal, my first question is more likely to be …___A. Is it acceptable to my religious/ideological community or belief system?___B. Is it possibly true, valuable, and worth exploring? If you chose A, you’re probably a fundamentalist, and probably shouldn’t read my new…

Now on to Jerusalem (replica to your left of the old ancient core), which begins a long but final set of episodes in Acts: Paul gets there, suspicion is aroused, he’s taken into custody, and eventually ends up in prison in Rome — but undeterred in his gospel preaching. The singular issue concerns Paul’s observance…

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