Yesterday, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, was Good Shepherd Sunday. And yesterday, today and tomorrow, our Gospels come from the 10th chapter of John’s Gospel, where Jesus speaks of himself as the Good Shepherd. We listen to this chapter of John on the Good Shepherd after last week listening to the Bread of Life Discourse in Chapter 6 of John
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The Good Shepherd
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari says it’s not entirely correct to blame the then Congress government for initiating the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. In an interview to BBC Hindi Service, Gadkari said: “Some people might be involved in those riots but it would not be entirely correct to say that the riots were initiated by the government.
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Congress did not initiate anti-Sikh riots in 1984: Gadkari
Next Question: Part I Part II Part III Interview: From Cindi on April 5, 2010: Jesus was there with you so what a great interview. It touched me. I am constantly intrigued to know just how your husband supports you so much with this ministry but does not believe
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Get Real.. A Few More Questions:
At the BibleFresh conference on preaching – here’s the online magazine – we discussed various aspects of preaching and how it can be refreshed in the UK. Over the next few days I’ll share a few of the thoughts coming out of that event. Traditionally the sermon was considered by some to be the full extent of ministry, or at least the primary avenue of ministry. Today preachers are realizing more and more that the sermon is part of a larger package of ministry. So this makes me think of several ministry partners for the sermon: 1.
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Non Solo Sermon Ministry
Paul Harvey I’m so there! Glenn Beck, Dr. Paige Patterson to address Class of 2010 (at Liberty University) Well-known radio host Glenn Beck will address Liberty University’s Class of 2010 at Commencement on Saturday, May 15, Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr.
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Glenn Beck, Paige Patterson to Address Class of 2010
April is National Poetry Month , which is not without its applications . Theodore Roethke, ” In a Dark Time ” In a dark time, the eye begins to see, I meet my shadow in the deepening shade; I hear my echo in the echoing wood— A lord of nature weeping to a tree. I live between the heron and the wren, Beasts of the hill and serpents of the den.
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Poem of the Day: "In a Dark Time"
I need some information about the differences in Jainism and Buddha’s views on Ultimate Reality and “Salvation.” Please i need this information to help me write an essay for tomorrow morning. Related posts:How Real Is Reality?
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Difference between Jainism and Buddha's views on Ultimate Reality?
VietNamNet Bridge A number of Vietnams most sacred traditional festivals have become chaotic and overly commercial events. It takes half an hour to find a place to park my car at Tran Temple in Nam Dinh province
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Amritsar, Punjab: Justice Rajive Bhalla of the High Court has asked the Amritsar Municipal Corporation to consider the possibility of declaring the area around Harmandar Sahib and Jallianwala Bagh as a vehicle free zone.
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Consider vehicle free zone in Amritsar
VANCOUVER — It’s been a tumultuous and perhaps trying week for Vancouver Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh, who saw his life threatened twice. “As long as I stand for what I stand for, I will be a target,” Dosanjh told the Vancouver Province Friday after RCMP launched an investigation into a posting on a Facebook page calling for the former premier to be shot.
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Dosanjh vows not to let threats change his resolve
Raleigh — By the middle of the historic conference's second day, Harry Belafonte had grown concerned. The legendary singer and humanitarian, now 83, took the podium and addressed the 800 people gathered in the gymnasium of Shaw University to mark the 50th anniversary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
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Shaping the future
Paul Harvey Blogging’s a little light on my end as I limp to the end of the semester, but in the meantime a little weekend roundup for you. First, we have blogged here before about Jared Farmer’s award-winning On Zion’s Mount: Mormons, Indians, and the American Landscape . The author appears, in interview format, in Religion Dispatches , where he reflects further on his work.
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Weekend Update: Jared Farmer Interview, the Jewish Review of Books, and Empires of Sacrifice
A group of pastors, students and church members from across the state rode bicycles from West Texas to S.A. to fight hunger in Texas. FaithInSA.com
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Baptist group rides 445 miles to feed thousands of children
Christ Fellowship sings Chris Tomlin’s worship song, I will rise.
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I will rise
There’s a concept in Taoism called P’u, which translates roughly as the “uncarved block.” Briefly, it is a metaphor that addresses the idea that when we are born we are in harmony with the Tao. Unburdened by values like right & wrong, the names of things, beauty & ugliness, we are free to fully experience existence
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Taoism, blocks, carving & sticking
Rev. Daniel Callahan, the Catholic priest at St. Joan of Arc in Toronto, is a serious athlete who participates every year in New York’s Ironman triathlon
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Rev. Daniel Callahan, priest and Ironman competitor
Had he lived to see it, Shakespeare would turned 446 today, and Geekosystem has been kind enough to offer five geeky ways to honor the day, none of them especially good until the last two: read some actual Shakespeare and improve your vocabulary. The latter cites Kottke.org : In his collected writings, Shakespeare used 31,534 different words.
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Birthday for Shakespeare
Toronto, Apr 23: In what could draw the ire of Sikh groups, a Sikh religious leader was denied entry into the courtroom with kirpan, a Sikh religous symbol, by a Canadian Court on the grounds that it “could be used as a weapon”. “Although Kooner’s charter right to freedom of religion may be breached, he will not be allowed to bring his kirpan into the courthouse,” Superior Court Justice Steven Rogin said as he disallowed Sukdev Singh Kooner entry into courtroom with kirpan
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No entry with kirpan: Canadian court to Sikh
“A lot of preachers are introverts because they need to be able to prepare on their own for hours.” “Preaching is an oral event, yet the preparation of outlining and manuscripting is all pursued using written language skills.” “Silence is the soil in which sermons sprout.” All statements with some truth to them. But also all statements that indicate a subtle tension between preparation and delivery of a spoken sermon. A lot of preachers are introverts, perhaps for the reason stated. So much of our preaching training is essentially an adaptation of skills for producing written work. And there is a definite place for silence in the context of walking with Christ – as essential if preaching is truly a “God-event.” So this post is not about turning all preparation upside down and advocating sermon preparation with loud music on, or in the midst of conversation. (Actually there are preachers that find it helpful to do the message formation phase of their preparation in a public place – like Starbucks – in order to be able to better think through who they will be speaking to . .
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Preparing in Silence?
Randall Stephens In fall 2010 PBS will broadcast what looks to be an epic 6-part historical documentary on the American religious experience. Called God in America the program will feature religious studies scholars and historians alongside dramatizations and loads of prints, photographs, and illustrations. Subjects include: Franciscan Friars and the Pueblo leader Po’pay, Puritan leader John Winthrop and dissident Anne Hutchinson, Catholic Bishop John Hughes, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, reform Rabbi Isaac Meyer Wise, Scopes trial combatants William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, evangelist Billy Graham, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Moral Majority’s Jerry Falwell
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PBS’s God in America Series
The Bible often distinguishes humanity in stark alternatives. There are those being saved and those perishing. There are those who trust God and those who don’t. There is love and hate. Heaven and hell. Faith and fear. The righteous and the wicked. The wise and the foolish. Often the stark alternatives provide for very strong opportunities to preach the Word boldly and with great clarity.
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Shaded Differences Not Poles Apart
Scriptures: Psalm 80:18-19; 85:6; 119:59; Lamentations 3:40; Habakkuk 3:2; Hosea 6:1-2; 14:4-5 We only pray for revival when we see the need for it. “All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart” (Proverbs 21:2). What would the Lord see if he weighed our hearts?
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Repentance: Considering my ways
Today’s post comes from our newest contributor to the blog, Michael J. Altman ! Michael is a Ph.D. student in American Religious Culture at Emory University, where he researches the American encounter with Hinduism, and more broadly constructions of the category of the sacred in American religious history.
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The New American Ganges: Hinduism and Health in American Religious History
Click the title if you don’t see a video box. Thanks and a shout out to Bette Strickland.
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Some fast talk about Jesus
In life, there are certain signs that are visible; yet silent that scream “Danger Will Robinson” as your brain begins to go into screen saver mode much more frequently. Things such as: Folk calling you at 7 p.m
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Apocalypse Watch: The Pope gets a lawyer
When you speak on a subject, rather than preaching an assigned text, you have the choice of which text to preach. In many cases there are obvious texts to preach. Asked to preach on the church, you might be drawn to Ephesians, or Matthew 16. Preaching on marriage? Ephesians 5 or Colossians 3. Preaching on missions? Matthew 28 or Acts 1. There are advantages to preaching the more obvious texts. First, they are obvious because they address the issue clearly. Second, people will often feel a sense of an expectation being satisfied, like watching a good movie for a second or third time
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Obvious Texts and Not So Obvious Texts
The 4th Global South Encounter is meeting in Singapore beginning Monday morning the 19th. There will be some important matters that will come from that meeting, notably concerning the Anglican Covenant and the call by some Primates for a special meeting of Primates sans TEC or the Anglican Church of Canada. A short notice was posted on the Global South website concerning delays in arrivals because of the volcanic ash problem in Europe and publicising a message from the Archbishop of Canterbury
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Canterbury’s Video Message to The Global South Encounter 4