http://www.perigrinatio.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:47:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The second thought I have had about this "approach to God" has to do with coming to God "as we are." Self-Awareness Pray as you can and do not try to pray as you can't. Dom Chapman That parable that Jesus tells of a tax collector and a Pharisee is one that ... http://www.perigrinatio.com/2010/07/16/on-the-approach-2/ I have been thinking as I have fumbled about my small farmette quite a bit about the topic of how I approach God. This is a shift in the way I have thought about prayer and worship. For many years I was glad to think about prayer methods ... http://www.perigrinatio.com/2010/07/15/on-the-approach-1/ I know it is a leap - but given that you buy into the premise from the earlier post, what are the implications for youth ministry of reconciling a divorce between a rational and systematic theological approach with a more holistic faith and practical theology? That is the topic ... http://www.perigrinatio.com/2010/06/23/reconciling-a-divorce-implications/ I may be slow on the uptake. It is a realization as I grow older that I am not as quick to change my ways as I would like to think. The latest way this has dawned on me is in my thinking and appropriating the reality of ... http://www.perigrinatio.com/2010/06/16/reconciling-a-divorce/ Whenever I stumble through life and walk away from a person who I consider a "real saint" (ie. a person who seems to regularly encounter the living God and our world is profoundly better because of it) it always messes with my head. At first glance these "saints" don't ... http://www.perigrinatio.com/2010/06/14/true-saints/ It is a prayer of depth, reach, gratitude and mission - now that is a prayer. I pray it sometimes without thinking about it - which is tragic (and which Jesus warned us about). Ahhh, but those times I pray it from the heart it transforms my whole ... http://www.perigrinatio.com/2010/06/02/embraced-to-embrace/ There have been a few "defining moments" in my life. Moments that with their immediacy and completely distilled messsage speak loud and clear, shaping my life in a unique fashion. A couple of profound moments that altered my direction and outlook on life immediately come to mind: That moment on ... http://www.perigrinatio.com/2010/05/23/defining-moments/ In the week or weeks ahead I will be posting the following (so I hope you will stay tuned): Book reviews of a couple of fairly recent reads: The Great Giveaway by Fitch, The Search for God and Guinness by Mansfield and finally Book, Bath, Table and Time by Edie. I ... http://www.perigrinatio.com/2010/02/05/coming-attractions/ I have been giving a good bit of thought to the topic of The Gospel; really just attempting to think about clear ways to share the "heart" of God's story. I have always thought that the Gospel reduced to, "Jesus died for you" was far too diluted and narrow ... http://www.perigrinatio.com/2010/02/01/a-prepositional-gospel/ I hate clocks and watches - they become a prison for me that I can't escape. I become obsessed with, "what time is it" and "being on time" and meeting "dead" lines. For me living by the clock or watch makes me "times" prisoner rather than a means to ... http://www.perigrinatio.com/2010/01/29/watching-watches/