November 2011
32 posts
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“How can they believe in the One about whom they have not heard? And how can they...”
– Romans 10:14b
Lectio, 30 November 2011
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“The Spirit of God will rest on you —
a spirit of wisdom and...”
– Isaiah 11:2
Lectio, 29 November 2011
I *love* when we start reading Isaiah in the daily Scripture lessons for Advent. Love the inspiration and hope.
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“O house of Leah and Rachel and Jacob, come,
let us walk in the light of God!”
– Isaiah 2:5
Lectio, 28 November 2011
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“Make a place to sit down.
Sit down. Be quiet.
You must depend upon
affection,...”
– from “How to Be a Poet” by Wendell Berry
Wise words for writing a poem… and for making your life a poem. Read the whole thing over at the On Being website. (And take a listen to this week’s On Being, “The Poetry of Creatures” featuring a conversation with Ellen...
“… you, God, are our mother and father;
“Our Redeemer Forever”...”
– Isaiah 63:16b
Lectio, 27 November 2011 - First Sunday of Advent
“Lord God,
our prayer can add nothing to your greatness.
No words can fully...”
– http://cathedralliturgy.blogspot.com/2011/11/preparing-with-prayer.html
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“Thus was conferred sovereignty, glory and dominion,
and all peoples, nations...”
– Daniel 7:14
Lectio, 25 November 2011
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“Let us praise the God of the Universe who alone works great wonders,
who from...”
– Sirach 50:22-24
Lectio, 24 November 2011 - US American Thanksgiving
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“Cold and chill, bless the Lord
Dew and rain, bless the Lord
Frost and chill,...”
– Canticle of Daniel - Daniel 3
Lectio, 23 November 2011
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“My own sin
will not hinder the working
of God’s goodness.”
– Julian of Norwich
Lectio, 22 November 2011
“God does not crush or quench God’s people, yet God’s people...”
– Anthony Gittins, CCSp.
Fields of Gold by the St. Olaf Choir (from Prairie...
Don’t miss this. It’s just gorgeous.
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“The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile,
were...”
– Luke 19:47-48
Lectio, 18 November 2011
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“Our God speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting....”
– Psalm 50:1-2
Lectio, 17 November 2011
“We need to remember in the midst of our disagreements that how we speak to each...”
– from “How We Talk to One Another” by Susan Stabile on her blog, Creo en Dios!
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“Since it is the Creator of the universe who shapes our beginnings, and the...”
– 2 Maccabees 7:23
Lectio, 16 November 2011
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“The Promised One has come to search out and save what was lost.”
– Luke 19:10
Lectio, 15 November 2011
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“At that very moment, sight was restored to the beggar, who joined the crowd,...”
– Luke 18:43
Lectio, 14 November 2011
On Being Blog: A Turn of the Century Thanksgiving... →
beingblog:
by Susan Leem, associate producer
Photo by Brian Auer/Flickr, cc by-nc-nd 2.0
Thanksgiving is a time when many families gather in gratitude, and sometimes in prayer. Paul Raushenbush says his family prayer was written by his great-grandad, Walter Rauschenbusch. Composed…
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“In Wisdom is a spirit
intelligent, holy, unique,
Manifold, subtle, agile,...”
– Wisdom 7:22b-23
Lectio, 10 November 2011
On Being Blog: Online Initiative Enriches Study of... →
beingblog:
by Matthew L. Skinner and Joshua M. Z. Stanton, guest contributors
Photo by Trey Ratcliff/Flickr, cc by-nc-nd 2.0
Picture this: an Iraqi reporter becomes interested in the work of a Jewish student in Israel after reading an article about Jewish-Muslim relations in medieval Spain that…
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“Every living creature that wanders upon the face of the earth will be drawn to...”
– Ezekiel 47:9
Lectio, 9 November 2011
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“Those who have put their trust in God will find out that this is all true,
and...”
– Wisdom 3:9
Lectio, 8 November 2011
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“Wisdom is a spirit, a friend to us mortals, though She will not tolerate the...”
– Wisdom 1:6-7
Lectio, 7 November 2011
Will I Be Faithful?
Earlier this week I had an experience that broke my heart. It left me wondering, again, why I even bother with church stuff. It seems that each time I dare to hope that the church can be inclusive and welcoming and a place where people can explore their faith rather than be subjugated into subservience, someone behaves in a manner that reminds me that we still have an awful lot of work to do...
Saints and Souls (via NCR) →
Who are some of the people you would name as saints?
“God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never...”
– Julian of Norwich
Lectio, 4 November 2011
“None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself.
For if we live, we...”
– Romans 14:7-8
Lectio, 3 November 2011 