Lord, save us from your followers

"Lord, save us from your followers" is a documentary by Dan Merchant as he travels across the country addressing Christianity's face to the unchurched of our country. What we discover is funny, sad, and scary with a whole lot of hope thrown in. Very Powerful. It is available to stream from Netflix.

USA Today writes, "Michael Moore-meets-Monty Python. A humorous and heartfelt examination of the culture wars."

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Freedom Riders

This is an amazing article (and PBS special) about the impact less than 50 African American and White men and women had on the civil rights movement of our nation. Take a look.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/16/Zwerg.freedom.rides/index.html?hpt=C2

Poll on Bin Ladin's death reveals a disposable Jesus

An article by Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World," reveals some startling,but not so surprising American ways of minimizing our Lord.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/11/my-take-poll-on-bin-ladens-death-reveals-a-disposable-jesus/?hpt=T1

Words of Wisdom

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that" ~ Martin Luther King Jr

Lord in your mercy, Hear our Prayer

Although it is a day where many are rejoicing let us remember Proverbs 24:17:

Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble do not let your heart rejoice.

Let us pray:

O God, the Father of all, whose Son commanded us to love our enemies: Lead them and us from prejudice to truth; deliver them and us from hatred, cruelty, and revenge; and in your good time enable us all to stand reconciled before you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer, pg. 816)

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"Oversized Expectations"

There is a very intersting and thought provoking article printed in "Christian Century" by Kyle Childress entitled "Oversized Expectations." It addresses the challenges all small churches face on a daily basis. I hope you find it interesting. It can be found at the following link:

http://www.christiancentury.org/article.lasso?id=8617

My First Post

This is exciting. I spent many hours trying to find the available address that suited who I am hoping to become as well as what i find meaningful in my everyday life. The Venite is one of the antiphons we use for Morning Prayer in the Book of Common Prayer and I say it and chant it many times a day. It gives me peace when it is hard to find and reminds me who I belong to and the wonder that is God's creation.

The Venite comes from the Book of Psalms, Psalm 95: 1-7:


Come, let us sing to the Lord; *
let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *
and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God, *
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *
and the heights of the hills are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it, *
and his hands have molded the dry land.
Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!

More soon, Peace!