mayo-moyle

Author: mike

  • lent – fasting and feasting

    David Warkentein offers this wonderful prayer for Lent:
    Fast from judging others; feast on the Christ dwelling within them.
    Fast from emphasis on differences; feast on the unity of all life.
    Fast from apparent darkness; feast on the reality of light.
    Fast from words that pollute; feast on phrases that purify.
    Fast from discontent; feast on gratitude.
    Fast from anger; feast on patience.
    Fast from pessimism; feast on optimism.
    Fast from worry; feast on trust.
    Fast from complaining; feast on appreciation.
    Fast from negatives; feast on affirmatives.
    Fast from unrelenting pressures; feast on unceasing prayer.
    Fast from hostility; feast on nonviolence.
    Fast from bitterness; feast on forgiveness.
    Fast from self-concern; feast on compassion for others.
    Fast from personal anxiety; feast on eternal truth.
    Fast from discouragement; feast on hope.
    Fast from facts that depress; feast on truths that uplift.
    Fast from lethargy; feast on enthusiasm.
    Fast from suspicion; feast on truth.
    Fast from thoughts that weaken; feast on promises that inspire.
    Fast from idle gossip; feast on purposeful silence.

    Gentle God, during this season of fasting and feasting, gift us with Your Presence, so we can be gift to others in carrying out your work. Amen.
    via Mike Todd

  • bishop white’s letter to martin

    can be found here
    a powerful reminder of the progress that’s been made, and the work still to be done.

  • this makes me smile…


    thanks eric!

  • change

    Jim Wallis: “… political leaders in Washington have changed America less often than social movements have. America is signaling it is hungry for change again, and we will need to build the kind of spiritual and social movement that can deliver on that hope. Last night, Barack Obama said, “it’s also about what you, the people who love this country, can do to change it.” And he’s right; it is really all about us.”

  • i’m in the right camp

    What’s your theological worldview?
    created with QuizFarm.com
    You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan

    You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God’s grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavly by John Wesley and the Methodists.

    Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan

    		96%

    Emergent/Postmodern

    		86%

    Neo orthodox

    		64%

    Roman Catholic

    		61%

    Classical Liberal

    		57%

    Reformed Evangelical

    		46%

    Charismatic/Pentecostal

    		43%

    Modern Liberal

    		39%

    Fundamentalist

    		14%

  • thoughts on the iowa caucus

    The Two Earthquakes (NYT)
    Jim Wallis
    Diana Butler Bass
    My friend Rudy’s take on it (love the Happy Joe’s reference!)

    I find myself a little doubtful about some of the hyperbole surrounding the caucus, suggesting that it could set the stage for a “referendum on the Protestant political soul” seems a little much for me. But I am glad Obama did well in my home state and take some comfort in David Brook’s thoughts re: Huckabee.

  • 2008

    Something to think about in the new year…

    (via Mike Todd)