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Waiting, Hoping, Preparing | Brother Scott Michael Pomerenk, n/BSG

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Brother Scott Michael Pomerenk, n/BSG. Religion, Politics, and Art. Waiting, Hoping, Preparing. The following is the text of a homily I gave at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Denver, on 27 November 2016. These are little ways to take time to keep the Advent vigil this season. So what if we were to imagine a mountain far higher than our fourteeners? How might we bring that mountain to earth, into our own lives and our political realities? And what does being ready look like? The same thing that being a Chri...

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revolution and conversion: January 2014

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014. My two cents on income inequality. David Brooks wrote in the New York Times this past Friday on "The Inequality Problem". Taking issue with recent rhetoric from the Obama administration on the issue. This morning, a response appeared from Robert Reich on Salon. So today's debate is between this guy, who I look forward to hearing on All Things Considered every Friday, with whom I think I would have no trouble finding compromise if we ever had to work together:. Back to the gra...

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revolution and conversion: July 2008

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Thursday, July 10, 2008. Eliacin Rosario-Cruz, a member of Mustard Seed House in Seattle, has recently launched a Ning network for Mustard Seed Associates. A community of Jesus’ followers all over the world creating the future one mustard seed at a time." Coincidentally (? This week I'm participating in some of the Benedictine Experience a the Bishop's Ranch. So to communities: I have been deeply involved for many years with a secular intentional community in Palo Alto, CA, called Magic. Their magazine, ...

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revolution and conversion: August 2010

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010. Unsaying the word "God". My friends are divided about in half, between those who personally and/or professionally (mostly professionally) talk about God sometimes or often, and those who never do. most of the latter tense up remarkably when they hear the word. i have been reading Barbara Brown Taylor's. When God is Silent. Last week i took a break from my very thick-skinned, getting-things-done job and went to a meditation retreat with my dad. i meditated very little, but t...

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revolution and conversion: February 2012

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Not quite as big an about-face as Susan G. Komen? A few months ago I deactivated my Facebook account. I spent several hours copying information from my account, such as email addresses for folks I wanted to keep in touch with but don't normally email. I sent this email to a long list of family and friends:. Hi, friends and family,. I wanted to give you a heads up, since I'm only in touch with many of you on Facebook, that I'm in the process of deactivating my account there.

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revolution and conversion: August 2009

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Monday, August 31, 2009. Che on st. aidan's day. Today was my first day off in milwaukee. i wore my che guevara t-shirt, which is apparently a good way to start conversations around here. first all my shipmates asked me about it at breakfast. (oh right. bit of a change since my last several blog posts: i'm working this fall as bosun on the schooner denis sullivan. That's not a people's drink! I did take the philip larkin book. here's the last few stanzas of Church Going. the church is,. And gravitating w...

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revolution and conversion: April 2008

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Thursday, April 17, 2008. Brian mclaren and the prince of denmark. I'm getting into the heart of everything must change. Brian mclaren's stunning book. i'm not being a cutesy critic by using that word, "stunning". i am stunned:. There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave. To tell us this. Why, right; you are i' the right;. And so, without more circumstance at all,. I hold it fit that we shake hands and part:. You, as your business and desire shall point you;. For every man has business and desire,.

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revolution and conversion: May 2008

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Friday, May 2, 2008. I'm thinking of one of the church songs i grew up with. it lay buried in my archive until i started thinking about this post. on my bike handlebars today i tapped out the bluesy rhythm as i rehearsed how i might teach it at camp this summer:. Holy spirit, come down on me. Make my life a symphony. Take my blindness and let me see. Holy spirit come down on me. I arrived at St. Paul's chapel. Thursday morning to begin our music that makes community. Conference. i felt excited but no...