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My Highlights from Christian Carnival CXCVII
I like to highlight three or four posts from the Christian Carnival when I have the time. I usually do so in the post linking to it (if I remember to do so at all), but I forgot today, so here comes another “link” post.
My first highlight is host Diane R’s Yes, We Can, in which she is saying yes to the possibility of putting the social gospel together with proclaiming the atoning work of Jesus. It’s a good challenge.
Second, I noticed this post on discipleship, in which I read: “A true relationship with the Living and Holy God is not a one-time event or prayer, its a lifetime commitment.” Yep, that’s it!
Finally, Kevin at Everyday Liturgy talks about what it is like to experiencing the world after a reutrn from a monastery. I have a friend who is pastor at a local church who visited a Benedictine monastery, and he couldn’t stop talking about it. Some of what he said is much like this post. I wonder what the needs of our lifestyles do to our spiritual growth?
Well, there are others, but those caught my eye.
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Biblical Studies Carnival XXIII Posted
. . . at Ancient Hebrew Poetry. I don’t have a post in there this time, but that’s not a complaint–I can’t think of what I’d nominate in this case. I will certainly get some blogging fodder from reading the posts. There are certainly a substantial number of excellent biblioblogs available.
Speaking of which, John continued his postings with things he left out of the first one and then a map of the world of Bible bloggers. The latter is especially useful.
Enjoy!
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Highlights from Christian Carnival CXCV
- From The Peculiar Club, there is How to Know God, simple, practical, brief, down to earth–all the things my posts usually aren’t! This one would be worth putting into practice.
- After reading the book unChristian, Tom Gilson says “Christianity has a reality problem.” He then does a very thoughtful job of discussing just what is involved in that reality problem.
- Mark Olson has a thought-provoking post about being aliens. Are you an American Christian or a Christian living in America (or whatever country you live in).
There’s lots more. The full carnival is posted at Everyday Liturgy.
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MBWR #131 and My Highlights
The Methodist Blogs Weekly Roundup has been posted. Thanks to Allan Bevere for his hard work.
I’m doing today what I wish I always had time to do, which is look at a bunch of the posts and pick out some of my own highlights. These don’t coincide with the “Best of the Methodist Blogosphere” that Allan hands out. Usually I latch onto them because they talk about something I’ve been interested in recently. Usually I read them and think about doing a links post. Today I’m going to turn intentions into actions.
- At Christian Conversations, Kevin Baker presents Go Ye and Swindle Likewise?, which I thought was a well formed and thought provoking sermon on the parable of the shrewd manager, or whatever you want to call him. (I’d used this same parable in my post A Lab for Parables on my Participatory Bible Study blog.)
- David at A Walking Paradox talks about Jeremiah 32 – Pent 18C, and says, amongst other things: “As Christians we have a claim for hope, in this world, even before we begin to claim the hope that comes in Life Eternal.” He presents an excellent example of applying the principles of a passage to a modern situation, even a situation that on the surface looks much different.
- Kim Matthews deals with the age old question of why some people seem to receive God’s protection and some don’t in Tale of Two Trees. I love to read thoughtful things on this topic, largely because it’s a question that can keep us going practically forever.
- greg hazelrig calls on us to watch how we live and speak in order to have an impact in his Thought of the Day for September 27
- John Meunier (also a member of the Moderate Christian Blogroll) tells us why the Dem God-talk bothered him.
- . . . and finally Melissa at Going on to Perfection . . . talks about story catching, intentionally looking for and treasuring stories in your memory. I think she has a good idea. I’ll have to work on that more.
Well, thanks to Allan for giving me a list that wasn’t intimidatingly long. I always find wonderful posts in his list, but I rarely manage to give them due credit. I hope some of my readers will enjoy these posts.
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Methodist Blogs Weekly Roundup
Allan Bevere has again done the hard work and posted this weeks MBWR.
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Biblical Studies Carnival XX Posted
. . . at Claude Mariottini – Old Testament Professor. I’m in there, for this post on the Nebo-Sarsekim Tablet.
PS: I haven’t been blogging regularly here for about the last week. I have been extraordinarily busy. I have written a number of posts elsewhere, and I’ll kind of do a roundup and then get on with some new stuff later today.