Month: November 2012

An Eastern Orthodox Christian Looks West

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Over lunch I finished reading An Eastern Orthodox Christian Looks West, an article posted on Devin Rose’s blog written by Eastern Orthodox Christian Timothy Flanders. In his extensive article he discusses his journey from Protestantism to Eastern Orthodoxy and then goes on to discuss his investigation of Catholicism.

Eastern Orthodox Christian Looks West

As a Catholic with a great attraction to the Eastern Christian heritage, I found it a really interesting read and I’m planning on reading it again tonight in an attempt to fully digest its content.

Devin is hoping for some really good Comment Box discussions so I decided to publish a link here in an effort to get more people to read it. I know that there are a good number of people who read this blog who come from different religious backgrounds who will have an interesting perspective on this article, particularly my Eastern Catholic friends.

Californian Churches

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I know that the majority of people who read this blog live in America, either within or near the state of California. I would therefore invite you to check out Twelve Churches Not To Miss When You Visit California:

It was really nice to see that San Diego’s Our Lady of the Rosary made the list. Having said that, I was rather disappointed that my favourite church (architecturally), The Immaculata, was not listed in the article’s top ten. So what other churches in California do you think should have been on the list?

Joan Weber talking to Young Adult Leaders

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Back in October, the Young Adult leaders of San Diego attended a seminar on Young Adult Ministry given by Joan Weber from the Center for Ministry Development. Here’s the audio:

Part 1 (Download)

Part 2 (Download)

Part 3 (Download)

Sorry it took me a while to edit and upload – it’s been a rather busy couple of months :-/

The Ministry Iceberg

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Ah! It’s good to have another day off work! 🙂

The other day while I was in the car my thoughts drifted back to the first time I coordinated a large church event. I remember I was amazed at how much time it took to plan, prepare, run and clear up afterwards. I had been to similar evenings before as a participant, but I had no idea how much work was involved in staging such an event. I’m equally sure that the majority of those who attended that night saw only fraction of what was involved, in much the same way as you only see a small portion of an iceberg above the water:

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