Sara Weinraub introduces us to the lovely book THE DAY-TO-DAY LIFE OF ALBERT HASTINGS http://weatherspoon.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/ I’m charmed by many of the books Princeton Architectural Press publishes. A recent PAP favorite is The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings. Photographer Kaylynn Devene...

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Recently, because my son Noah has been diagnosed with Hodgkins’ lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph system, I’ve been thinking a lot about what cancer is and what it means to live in a world where cancer abounds. Put simply, cancer can be described as rebellion at...

Some notes from the introduction to School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of New Monasticism. New Monasticism (NM):- is a form of living that heals brokenness- liberates us from “the powers of this dark age” (Eph. 5)- provides a space to practice the way of Christ- practitioners have partia...

As Mark Thames has said, “As we get to look more and more like Jesus we don’t get to look more and more like each other we get to look more and more like ourselves.” Our identity is in Jesus Christ as individuals and as a community. That is the source of our unity. But looking like...

This was supposed to be notes from ch1 of Bonhoeffer's Life Together but paraphrasing would not do his work justice.  Some quotes: Not only the other person who is earnest and devout, who comes to me seeking brotherhood, must I deal with in fellowship. My brother is rather that other person who...

An unauthorized cut-n-paste from Mike and Lisa’s Ireland blog: Yesterday, we enjoyed a marvelous day highlighted by an assembly of worship with the church in Kenmare. They were gracious enough to ask me to speak about Englewood. Although they kept thanking me for the words of encouragement to ...

So like I said, Amy and I just got back from eight days in California. Click for a first gallery (more to come) It was wonderful on so many levels. First and foremost? Time alone to rediscover, enjoy and relax with Amy. A celebration of fifteen years of marriage. The weather and the flights and food...

Nach der kurzen Einführung will ich nun zuerst einen inhaltlichen Überblick geben und später einige Beobachtungen zu Wilson-Hartgrove's Buch festhalten. Im ersten Kapitel beschreibt er die Zeichen der Zeit und macht deutlich, wie schwierig es aus seiner Sicht ist, im heutigen Amerika Christ zu se...

Habe heute die letzten Seiten von Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove's Buch "New Monasticism-What it has to say to today's church" zu Ende gelesen. Das Buch ist im Mai 2008 erschienen und beschreibt das aktuelle Phänomen, dass an vielen Orten in der westlichen Welt neue monastische (klösterliche) Erscheinu...

Zack Exley over at Revolution in Jesusland has been offering some careful thought and excellent questions about Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw's new book Jesus for President. His questions are well worth reading in depth, but for the sake of this short response, I'll summarize his concern as this: If...