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Jenni's Commonplace: May 2009
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A collection of my favorite quotes and the significance they hold for me. Sunday, May 17, 2009. Chosen, befriended and blessed. What does it mean to be chosen by God? The question derived from today's Gospel reading - a passage about being chosen by God and now being a friend of Christ, rather than a servant. Pastor J posed it to the congregation and then gave us five minutes to discuss it with our neighbors in the pew. Whoah. Huge! Do I even believe it? S Life of the Beloved. First of all, you have to k...
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Jenni's Commonplace: April 2013
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A collection of my favorite quotes and the significance they hold for me. Saturday, April 27, 2013. In my small group at. We're reading Brian McLaren's. Naked Spirituality: A Life WIth God In 12 Simple Words. It introduced me to the concept of a Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ). This is taken from page 65, quoting Barbara Ehrenreich, and citing examples like Woodstock, Burning Man, Mardi Gras. These events, at their best are about jubilation, freedom, and connection. He continues on page 67. But it's chal...
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Jenni's Commonplace: TAZ
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A collection of my favorite quotes and the significance they hold for me. Saturday, April 27, 2013. In my small group at. We're reading Brian McLaren's. Naked Spirituality: A Life WIth God In 12 Simple Words. It introduced me to the concept of a Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ). This is taken from page 65, quoting Barbara Ehrenreich, and citing examples like Woodstock, Burning Man, Mardi Gras. These events, at their best are about jubilation, freedom, and connection. He continues on page 67. But it's chal...
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Jenni's Commonplace: February 2009
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A collection of my favorite quotes and the significance they hold for me. Saturday, February 28, 2009. Lord of the dance. Elizabeth A. Johnson in Quest for the Living God. Expanding on the analogy between perichoresis and the cognate word for choreography:. If God is dancing, why not step out to the contagious rhythms of salsa, merengue, calypso, swing, or reggae or to the intricate a-rhythmic patterns of modern dance? And kept on with my reading. The word was embedded in a chapter devoted to the recall ...
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Jenni's Commonplace: September 2008
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A collection of my favorite quotes and the significance they hold for me. Saturday, September 20, 2008. Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.". 160;I'm grateful to her for the suggestion. It was beyond my imagination but now it feels obvious and real. Chodron, Pema. C. Omfortable with uncertainty: 108 teachings. Boston: Shambhala. 2002. p. 11. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). They were descri...
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Jenni's Shoes: in the morning
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A photo album of life in the ordinary world. Friday, November 12, 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Jenni in new rain boots. It's an extraordinary thing to be willing to live an ordinary life, to be fully alive for the laundry, to be present for the dishes. We overlook these everyday connections to our lives, waiting for The Event.". Please visit me at:. Out of the Attic. My online commonplace book. Simple template. Template images by saw.
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Jenni's Commonplace: commonplacing: yeast & the feast
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A collection of my favorite quotes and the significance they hold for me. Saturday, June 13, 2009. Commonplacing: yeast and the feast. The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast," we heard him say, "that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.". Judith put her hands to her mouth and actually giggled. Don't you know, Mary? The rabbis consider yeast unclean. Only women handle it. Who but our Jesus would dare to compare it to the Kingdom of God! But in the course of Sunday...
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Jenni's Commonplace: consciousness & culture
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A collection of my favorite quotes and the significance they hold for me. Monday, April 8, 2013. Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess. For the first time in about 15 years. The pagan group I do holiday rituals with has added a book club to its activities and I'm excited to have more time with these good folks and to dig into some good books together. The concept of a religion that worshipped a Goddess was amazing and empowering." p.2. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Jenni's Commonplace: March 2009
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A collection of my favorite quotes and the significance they hold for me. Friday, March 6, 2009. Still I miss Jewish ways. I miss the rhythms and routines that drew the sacred into the everyday. I miss Sabbaths on which I actually rested. I have even found that I miss the drudgery of keeping kosher. I miss the work these practices effected between me and God." p. vii. By tending these containers I invite the Holy to me, into my life. Winner, Lauren. Mudhouse Sabbath. Links to this post. Please visit me at.
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Jenni's Shoes: fall equinox altar
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A photo album of life in the ordinary world. Friday, September 24, 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Jenni in new rain boots. It's an extraordinary thing to be willing to live an ordinary life, to be fully alive for the laundry, to be present for the dishes. We overlook these everyday connections to our lives, waiting for The Event.". Please visit me at:. Out of the Attic. My online commonplace book. Simple template. Template images by saw.