Resources from Down Under

One of the privileges of Tom’s and my life is the opportunity to wander, meet good people and gather good resources.  This trip is no exception.  I am particularly impressed with some of the resources that we have discovered over the last few days.
Rowland Croucher director of John Mark Ministries, a cross-denominational ministry to pastors, [...]

Frio Suite by Phil Keaggy and Jeff Johnson

My friend Jeff Johnson has just put together this promo for an upcoming CD he and Rhil Keaggy have produced.  It Features photographs and images by artist, Kathy Hastings which inspired the instrumental collaboration between guitarist, Phil Keaggy and keyboardist, Jeff Johnson.  As you know I love Jeff’s music and often use it as background [...]

Listening For God’s Voice in Music

Our topic for today is music.
The following post was sent to me by J Fowler (of Wisely Woven) It was first published on Sustainable Traditions.
Like Jason I love music and love attending an Episcopal church where we often sing the liturgy.  Also when I travel one of the things I find connects me to [...]

Hope for the American Church

Today is the day for Remembering Enmegahbowh, first Native American Episcopal Priest so it seemed appropriate to reflect on the gifts that Native Americans bring to the church.
What can the American church learn from indigenous peoples?  Here is a very profound and thought provoking video by Richard Twiss one of the presenters at the NAIITS [...]

Reflections on Lent – A meditation video

I have just upload what I hope will be the first of several Lenten and Easter reflections for this year.  A high resolution version suitable for use in churches and with larger groups can be purchased and downloaded from lulu.com
This Lenten reflection acknowledges the brokenness of our lives and in our world and encourages us [...]

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Here is an interesting bit of Christmas trivia that shows how creatively Christians have always managed to ensure that followers of Christ are trained in the tenets of their faith.  The Christmas song The Twelve Days of Christmas, is not really the nonsense rhyme its seems to be.
According to kirkweb.org, the song was written in [...]

A Taste of Aussie Humour

Have you ever wondered why Australia is so far away from the rest of the world.  Maybe this gives you an idea.

Jeff Johnson & Selah Services

Many of you know that I am a fan of Jeff Johnson’s Celtic music.  I often use his music as background for my video meditations.  Jeff and musicians Brian Dunning & Gwen Franz will be live in concert for Celtic Christmas and Advent Selah services in the Pacific Northwest this December. Check out the calendar [...]

A New Advent Meditation

Here is my new Advent meditation for 2008.   I always have fun putting these together and I hope that you enjoy them too.  Any feedback or suggestions on what you would like to see in next year’s video would be appreciated.  Music featured is ”Christ Child Lullaby” from the CD, “A Quiet Knowing Christmas” by Jeff Johnson [...]

Nickelsville Update

Many of you have asked about what is happening with the homeless community at Nickelsville and as I am so sick of the election hype that I definitely do not want to blog about that I thought that the plight of the homeless in our city was the most newsworthy subject to think about.
Nickelsville’s present [...]