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Deeper into Your Love and Compassion – A Slow Church Benediction.
Lord God, Giver of all gifts, who loves and abundantly sustains the whole of your...
February 2015
February 18, 2015
Alexander Schmemann – Lent is a Time of Slowing Down
This passage by the renowned Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann resonated with me when I read...
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Slow Church Playlist: Need Your Help…
In learning to abide with a song, we learn what it means to abide with...
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Celebrate Interdependence Day 2014!
Our calling as churches is to bear witness to the interconnectedness of creation, and to...
May 2014
May 24, 2014
Tiny Tastes of Slow Church
This week, John has started tweeting some best quotes and ideas from the Slow Church...
April 2014
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The Big Table – Living in the Diversity of God’s People
here are a few thoughts about how some crucial ideas of Slow Church lead us...
January 2014
January 09, 2014
Pope Francis on “Slow” Evangelism [Tim Colegrove – Slow Church Planting, Part 2]
Guest Blogger: Timothy Colegrove Tim and Alice Colegrove live and work in Boston, MA where...
January 14, 2013
Prayer and the Contingencies of Life.
This post is (sort of) a follow-up to my recent post Becoming the Exploited Ones? A...
November 2012
November 02, 2012
Wendell Berry and The Body.
After recently re-reading Wendell Berry’s essay “Health is Membership” and being struck by its pertinency...
June 2012
June 17, 2012
Father’s Day Meditation from Englewood Christian Church
The following Father's Day meditation was written and shared by John Clanton this morning, 17...
April 2012
April 18, 2012
Opening our Eyes [An Ekklesia Project Guest Post by Susan Adams]
[ On July 5-7, The Ekklesia Project will hold its annual gathering in Chicago, which...
March 2012
March 28, 2012
Learning Contentment (from Thomas Merton and Liberty Hyde Bailey)
This is the second in my promised series of reflections on Liberty Hyde Bailey’s poetry....
March 15, 2012
Cultivating Wonder.
This is the first in my promised series of reflections on Liberty Hyde Bailey's poetry....
March 14, 2012
The Fall and Food Preservation [Guest Post -Thomas Turner]
Thom Turner is a friend and regular contributor to The Englewood Review of Books. Thom...
March 03, 2012
Setting the Table [Guest post by Jen Michel]
Jen Michel is a new friend from Toronto that I met on my writing retreat...
March 01, 2012
“The Kingdom Will Prevail” A Slow Church-related Sermon on Mark 4:24-34
This is the sermon that Mike Bowling preached last Sunday (26 Feb 2012) here at...
February 2012
February 23, 2012
Hungering and Thirsting After Righteousness [Guest Post -Thomas Turner]
Thom Turner is a friend and regular contributor to The Englewood Review of Books. Thom...
February 20, 2012
Submerging Church [Ekklesia Project Guest Post by Lee Wyatt]
[ On July 5-7, The Ekklesia Project will hold its annual gathering in Chicago, which...
February 12, 2012
Wendell Berry on the Necessity of Limits.
I'm settling in with friends old and new at the Convent in Cincinnati for a...
December 2011
December 24, 2011
Peace to You on Christmas Eve!
Okay, so it's becoming obvious to me that the last Advent reflection isn't going to...
December 23, 2011
[Daily Advent Reflection] Setting our Course Toward Bethlehem.
Setting our Course Toward Bethlehem. Daily Advent Reflection. Kyle Mobley. Romans 13:11-14. Friday, December 23,...
December 22, 2011
[ Daily Advent Reflection ] The Gospel According to Zephaniah (and Tom Waits)
The Gospel According to Zephaniah (and Tom Waits) Daily Advent Reflection. Debra Dean Murphy. Zephaniah...
December 20, 2011
[Daily Advent Reflection] The Theme Song of Slow Church?
The Theme Song of Slow Church? Daily Advent Reflection. Chris Smith. Luke 1:46b-55. Tuesday, December...
December 17, 2011
[Daily Advent Reflection] Claiming a People and a Place.
Claiming a People and a Place. Daily Advent Reflection. Craig Goodwin. John 7:40-52. Saturday, December...
December 16, 2011
[Daily Advent Reflection] Joy in a Tangible Kingdom.
Joy in a Tangible Kingdom. Daily Advent Reflection. Kyle Mobley. 2 Samuel 6:12-19. Friday, December...
December 15, 2011
[Daily Advent Reflection] Did the Gentle Beasts Watch in Awe?
Did the Gentle Beasts Watch in Awe? Daily Advent Reflection. John Jay Alvaro. 2 Samuel...
December 13, 2011
[Daily Advent Reflection] Healing our blindness.
Healing Our Blindness. Daily Advent Reflection. Chris Smith. Acts 3:17-4:4. Tuesday, December 13, 2011 He...
December 12, 2011
[Daily Advent Reflection] The Politics of Elijah
The Politics of Elijah. Daily Advent Reflection. Chris Smith. I Kings 18:1-18. Monday, December 12,...
December 10, 2011
[ Daily Advent Reflection ] Yet I Will Wait Patiently.
Yet I Will Wait Patiently. Daily Advent Reflection. Kimberly Roth. Habakkuk 3:13-19. Saturday, December 10,...
December 09, 2011
[Daily Advent Reflection] But You Don’t Give In
But You Don't Give In. Daily Advent Reflection. Kyle Mobley. Philippians 3:12-16. Friday, December 9,...
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