Whether you look to the emerging global environmental crisis, the emerging global financial crisis or the spiritual and cultural crisis that may come from the two, I think life is going to be harder for most people as time goes on. Of course, for millions, the hardship may be fatal or at the very least […]
Good news ye crafty types: the Kunin Group makes craft felt from Ecospun-brand fiber, made exclusively from recycled PET bottles. That’s the #1 plastic most associated with soft-drink bottles. The fiber comes from the Foss Manufacturing Company, a United States mill that has remained in business by going after niche markets. (They also make fleece […]
The world is too small. For the last couple of weeks, I have been reading Quakers sites, especially the Conservative ones since they have a mix of disciple and witness that seems a bit familiar, a bit provocative and rather underappreciated.
Since the Conservative Friends only have three Yearly Meetings, it didn’t take long to peruse […]
Gordon-Conwell, one of the more sensible Evangelical seminaries, has a free online “seminary level” theological education program which can lead to a certificate. Very interesting for many reasons, not the least of which is that it gives unsure learners a better idea if seminary is the right path. Or it fills a need for higher-level […]
Do kids still grow seeds in cups to see the mystery of new life (and early death)? Some valuable lessons there.
Which made me thought about a project I saw at MAKE Magazine and the MAKE: Blog about making one’s own biosphere in a jar.
If you’ve gotten high-concept, high-priced catalogs, you’ve seen ads for these sealed […]
I read two very interesting faith statements — I dare not call them anything else; they had no formal denominational standing — and have typed them below. These are prescribed in one of the Sunday school services in The Life Hymnal: A Book of Song and Service for the Sunday School by Stanford Mitchell and […]
Though my late paternal grandmother warned me about the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod being “crazy” they do produce some good resources, both individually and as a church.
One is the Christian Cyclopedia they have hosted on the denominational website; it is a digital version of a printed reference work. Great if you need a two-line or two-paragraph […]
Does anyone have experience with helping adults create learning contracts to meet a faith formation (religious education) goal? I suppose many seminarians do this. I am thinking especially of lay persons in a congregational setting.
I got on the mailing list for Columbia Theological Seminary (Flash required; bad bad bad!) of Decatur, Georgia more than a decade ago when I was looking for a theological school, and bless their hearts they’ve followed me for seven addresses since.
Now they’re publishing a rather interesting looking online magazine called @ This Point which, […]
There’s a “comment colloquy” brewing (or hiding) in a recent post about Quaker faith formation and how it does or does not promote life-long adherance. Take a look
