Archive for April, 2009
Thomas Long on the dangling ending of Mark
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
From the Christian Century: Most New Testament scholars say that the Gospel of Mark originally ended with the story of the women who go to the cemetery, only to encounter a mysterious young man pointing to Jesus’ empty tomb and announcing the resurrection. One of the challenges of this view is that if Mark truly [...]
Tags: mark, meditations, scripture
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'The True Self' at CCblogs
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
From CCblogs: It seems more clear all the time that who I really am has been encrusted over the years by layers and layers of self-protection. This is what the contemplatives call the artificial self or the false self. What also seems just as clear is that openness to realism and honesty about who I’ve [...]
Tags: blogging, blogs, reflection, self, spiritualformation
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Maundy Thursday reflection from 'When God Speaks Through Worship'
Monday, April 6th, 2009
An excerpt of Craig Satterlee’s new book When God Speaks Through Worship, one of our recent publications, is featured in this week’s Alban Weekly: [One] year, as we prepared for Easter, people wondered if the Maundy Thursday service could be a bit more worshipful, without losing the agape feast, and asked if I had any [...]
Tags: holyweek, maundythursday, publications, Satterlee
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Free TNIV on Kindle
Monday, April 6th, 2009
Attention owners of Kindle e- book readers (or the Kindle app for iPhone): the TNIV (Today’s New International Version) is currently being offered for free at Amazon’s Kindle Store! Avail yourself of digital access to this excellent recent Bible translation.
Tags: iphone, kindle, scripture, technology, translation, versions
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