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Emergent Conversations

Friday, November 26th, 2010

Some of the Wed. Gatherings at St. Paul’s in Willimantic have had the theme of “Emergence” or “Emergent Theology”. The emergent church “movement” is by no means one thing or series of concepts but perhaps this will serve as an introduction to some of the ideas we have looked at recently. Read the rest of Emergent Conversations »

Thoughts on Radical Prayer

Monday, October 4th, 2010

Thoughts on Radical Prayer

By Andrew Seeling

“True, whole prayer is nothing but love.”  So says St. Augustine, and Richard J. Foster begins and concludes his book, “Prayer – Finding the Heart’s True Home” with that very concise quote.  What, then, does he imagine by this term “radical prayer” in his concluding chapter? I believe he is saying that this very radical notion of prayer itself is to be lived out in one’s everyday life – in community as we are taught – and that there are implications to this for our very way of being. Read the rest of Thoughts on Radical Prayer »