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Video from the Orthodox Trail

November 24th, 2008, No Comments

I just learned that Randy White, the Associate Director of BGU’s Doctor of Ministry program, put together a video of our experience on the Orthodox Trail.
Here it is – enjoy; it brings back good memories for me and I’m happy to see several of my own photographs used in the video.

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Another try at my thesis statement

September 20th, 2008, No Comments

After a round of feedback from Winn on the problem statement I blogged a copy of yesterday, here’s another draft of my thesis statement:
I am studying Celtic, Benedictine and Orthodox monasticism because I want to discover whether this spirituality can help my reader understand how to be spiritually formed in community today.

Incorporating Benedict’s Rule in a Suburban Missional Church – Conclusion

August 22nd, 2008, No Comments

I’m blogging here a previous paper that I wrote for my churchhistory course at Bakke Graduate University. It was written for my first course, in May 2006.

Conclusion and Bibliography

Conclusion
Through study of the values and practices of Benedictine spirituality and in particular Benedict’s Rule, Mt. Si Vineyard has been able to incarnate many values and practices [...]

Incorporating Benedict’s Rule in a Suburban Missional Church – Part 5

August 21st, 2008, No Comments

I’m blogging here a previous paper that I wrote for my churchhistory course at Bakke Graduate University. It was written for my first course, in May 2006.

Part 5

Incorporating Benedictine Spirituality in Mt. Si Vineyard
On the basis of these values, we currently have several practices that echo Benedictine practices which now have deeper historical roots for [...]

Incorporating Benedict’s Rule in a Suburban Missional Church – Part 4

August 20th, 2008, No Comments

I’m blogging here a previous paper that I wrote for my churchhistory course at Bakke Graduate University. It was written for my first course, in May 2006. Note that the church I describe here is no longer gathering.

Part 4

Introducing Mt. Si Vineyard
Learning about and incorporating Benedictine spirituality in the church I pastor is the main [...]

Incorporating Benedict’s Rule in a Suburban Missional Church – Part 3

August 19th, 2008, No Comments

I’m blogging here a previous paper that I wrote for my churchhistory course at Bakke Graduate University. It was written for my first course, in May 2006.

Part 3
Values and Practices

Throughout the Rule one can find Benedict’s values and the practices that grow from these values. At the core, the Rule is under girded with [...]

Incorporating Benedict’s Rule in a Suburban Missional Church – Part 2

August 18th, 2008, No Comments

I’m blogging here a previous paper that I wrote for my churchhistory course at Bakke Graduate University. It was written for my first course, in May 2006.

Part 2

Benedict’s Rule
Benedict’s Rule consists of four major sections. The first is foundational, inviting the individual Christian to follow the Lord’s call to monastic life. The second describes the [...]

Incorporating Benedict’s Rule in a Suburban Missional Church – Part 1

August 17th, 2008, No Comments

I’m blogging here a previous paper that I wrote for my churchhistory course at Bakke Graduate University. It was written for my first course, in May 2006.

Part 1

INCORPORATING BENEDICT’S RULE IN A SUBURBAN MISSIONAL CHURCH
Benedict of Nursia is one of history’s most influential Christian leaders, thinkers and writers. His most significant work was a Rule [...]

Overture I Paper Done

August 12th, 2008, No Comments

My paper is done for Overture I at Bakke Graduate University. You can read all the stuff I’ve posted to this blog about this class by following the Overture I tag.
A few statistics can be found in this screenshot of the document’s properties box.

Project papers at BGU contain three major parts.

Part One is one-page summaries [...]

Pay Attention to What You’re Drawn To

August 12th, 2008, 1 Comment

My friend Jen Lemen has this little doozy today:

Pay attention to what you’re drawn to. What you’re drawn to is the map.
- Jen Gray

This hits me right between the eyes today. As I’m finishing up a paper for my Doctor of Ministry class, long footnotes and bibligraphy and all, and aiming toward what’s next, I [...]