Posted in Books, Redemption, Reflections, Saturdays Are For Shalom on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gentrification and Real Renewal
In the book I am currently reading Urban Ministry, I was challenged to rethink my view on gentrification. I had always looked at gentrification as a postive thing, even an evidence of renewal taking place in some small measure. The restoration of homes into more comfortable and esthetically pleasing dwellings has always [...]
Posted in Redemption, Reflections, Saturdays Are For Shalom on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I took this picture while on a date with Jill a couple weeks ago (not bad for a phone, huh?). We took it while walking through Valley Green along the Wissahickon Creek. The picture hardly does justice to the beauty of the sight. We were walking along and – POW – we [...]
Posted in Redemption, Saturdays Are For Shalom on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Long over due to get back on track.
This week, Justin Taylor pointed me to this post from Christopher Wright. In it, Wright shares a portion of his upcoming book, The God I Don’t Understand (Zondervan, January 2009). Here’s a portion of what he shared (it’s exciting):
All that has enriched and honoured the life of all [...]
Posted in Saturdays Are For Shalom on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OK, so I am bit late on this one. I was away from the computer most of the day. I was working to spread shalom in my home.
This week I want to share a slice of shalom that has really encouraged me. My wife, Jill, loves to garden but more than that, she loves to [...]
Posted in Saturdays Are For Shalom on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a brief quote I read today in the Harvie Conn book I’m finishing up this week:
Jesus, the anointed of the Spirit, enters as forerunner into the Age of the Spirit, and his life of prayer manifests [sic] this act of entering in. He prays ‘through the Holy Spirit’ (Luke 10:21). Prayer becomes God’s eschatological [...]
Posted in Saturdays Are For Shalom, tagged Kingdom living, Saturdays Ar on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s post is an article that points us to life in the Kingdom…
In a recent article in Christianity Today, Al Hsu discusses the Apostle Paul’s greeting of “Grace and peace” and how a simple salutation points us toward a new society.
I liked this quote in particular:
So Paul said, “Grace and peace to you.” Paul [...]
Posted in Saturdays Are For Shalom, tagged Saturdays Are For Shalom on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I want to start a new routine here on “Make All Things New” of posting each Saturday (Lord willing) on the topic of shalom (peace; universal flourishing). The plan is, starting today, to post a link, article, quote, idea, pictures, something that points us to the way things ought to be (and one day [...]
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