MethoBlogroll Mirror Test : spirituality

What We Believe

bethquick.com — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:16:00 GMT

Henry Neufeld has a great post at his blog: "Do We Live What We Believe? " He's been editing a book called The Jesus Paradigm , and has been reflecting on a statement in the book - "The key to church renewal is very simple: every follower...(read more)

Review: Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert

bethquick.com — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:44:00 GMT

Ever since I saw a short review of Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love on Sarah Walker Cleaveland's blog, I have wanted to read it. I finally got around to it recently, and I'm so glad I finally did - an excellent, moving, thought-provoking...(read more)

Lenten Disciplines

bethquick.com — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:27:00 GMT

I've been giving some consideration to what Lenten Discipline I might take up for the season, or what I might 'give up' for Lent. 'Giving up' something is not a task I always take. My most 'successful' year was the year I gave...(read more)

What Might Have Been

bethquick.com — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:15:00 GMT

So try not to think about what might have been Cause that was then And we have taken different roads We can't go back again There's no use giving in And there's no way to know What might have been (Little Texas) As another new year begins...(read more)

Sabbath Answers

bethquick.com — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:57:00 GMT

I'm in a hurry to get things done, Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun. All I really gotta do is live and die but I'm in a hurry and don't know why. --Alabama A couple years ago , I included that refrain from one of my favorite Alabama...(read more)

Bishop's Convocation: David Lowes Watson

bethquick.com — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:41:00 GMT

In mid-October, I attended the Bishop's Convocation in my home conference, North Central New York . Our speaker was David Lowes Watson , a retired clergy person, seminary professor, and a Wesley/Methodism scholar. I really enjoyed the event (I always...(read more)

Sabbath Questions

bethquick.com — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:29:00 GMT

How do you keep the/a Sabbath? How did you start your Sabbath practices? What were your Sabbath practices growing up? When/why did they change? If you had total control over your schedule and ample time, what would be your ideal way of spending Sabbath...(read more)

Review: Contemplative Youth Ministry by Mark Yaconelli

bethquick.com — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:28:00 GMT

It seems I'm often a bit late in reading books in a topic/area that everyone else has already read. Oh well. I finally read Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus by Mark Yaconelli. And I'm so glad that I did - I can say...(read more)

from Fortune Magazine: "The Next Credit Crunch"

bethquick.com — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:24:00 GMT

I read this interesting article from CNN's Fortune Magazine called, "The Next Credit Crunch." (by Geoff Colvin) The subtitle reads, "Our easy access to plastic is about to dry up - and with it our ability to fake living the good life...(read more)

Review: Sex God by Rob Bell

bethquick.com — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:19:00 GMT

I recently finished reading Rob Bell's short book, Sex God: Exploring the endless connections between sexuality and spirituality . This is a fairly short, very simple as in easy-to-read book. I guess (even my sentence is ambivalent) I didn't feel...(read more)

jockeystreet posts

bethquick.com — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:28:00 GMT

My brother just wrote three very good posts on the same day. Nuts and Bolts is a post about pacifism - how nice it is as an ideal, but how difficult it would be to practice completely. (For Jim at least...!) And Everywhere Marked with Crosses is a post...(read more)

Review: Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson

bethquick.com — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:43:00 GMT

I finally got a chance to finish Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson while I was at jurisdictional conference last week. I had been reading Lisa's blog for a while (not even sure how I ever stumbled on it in the first place actually) and so asked for the...(read more)

slacktivist: Obama and McCain on Religion, Politics, and Separation of Church and State

bethquick.com — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:03:00 GMT

Slacktivist has two great video clips up on his blog showing Obama and McCain speaking on the themes of religion and politics, particularly the separation of church and state. Fascinating....(read more)

from Bishop Willimon: Empowering a New Generation of Leaders

bethquick.com — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:36:00 GMT

Just read this post at Bishop Willimon's blog , which concludes: "[This] story is far from unique. This is what happens when we really focus ourselves upon the priority of a new generation of Christians. I’m recommending that next year our entire...(read more)

Review: Prince Caspian

bethquick.com — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:50:00 GMT

When The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe came out in 2005 (can it have been that long ago already???), I was less than thrilled with the job done on putting one of my very favorite books on film. Still, as a dedicated fan, I felt obligated to check...(read more)