Slow Church
This week, Slow Food International founder, Carlo Petrini reported that he recently received a phone call from the pope. Read more
This week, Slow Food International founder, Carlo Petrini reported that he recently received a phone call from the pope. Read more
We are, in essence, the barbarians at the gates of our North American culture, but the question remains: will we prefer to continue in the barbaric ways that have emerged over the course of the modern age, or will we be converted to a way of life that seeks not to conquer – other humans, land or the mysteries of life – but to live peaceably with all humanity, and especially those who are closest at hand in our faith communities and our neighborhoods? Read more
I was talking recently to some friends about the nature of prayer, and what it might mean to pray without ceasing (a topic that might merit some reflection on this blog in the near future), but while we were talking, some of them pointed me to this nearby sign... Read more
Valente’s candor about her sinfulness was something I found refreshing in this book. As a result, her slow, halting steps toward conversatio feel hard-earned and real and not just spiritual idealism. There is a confessional quality in Valente’s account of Benedictine spirituality that I have not seen in the works of other Benedictine writers; for instance, the more famous Kathleen Norris or Esther de Waal. Read more
I had the opportunity to do a workshop on Slow Church and Comprehensive Community Development at the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) conference in New Orleans last Friday. We had a standing-room only crowd (albeit in a small room), but a very engaged audience with a good questions. Thanks to all who came out to the workshop! If you weren’t able to be there, a condensed version of the talk appears as an essay in the current print issue of... Read more
This just in! Chris and I were thrilled when our editor sent us the cover design for the forthcoming Slow Church book. The book has a Spring 2014 release date. We think the design team over at IVP/Praxis hit the nail on the head. In short, we couldn’t be more pleased. What do you think? Read more
Let us eat together, and be together and seek Christ together. (And let our economics and politics follow from there.) This is Slow Church. Read more
Are there enough resources to sustain creation as a whole? And regardless, how do we know, if there are or are not? Is this a question that can only be answered theologically? Read more
Thurman wanted to make sure that somehow we maintained purity of heart, will and conscience while we struggled to change a very, very dangerous and violent world. Read more
A Response to Jamie Smith... I can’t help feeling like the brilliant young philosophy professor has created a straw man in his latest blog post for Cardus: Knitting While Detroit Burns. Read more
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