Comments for saint benedict's table http://stbenedictstable.ca a worshipping community, rooted in an ancient future Tue, 22 May 2012 14:41:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Steve Bell Concert Postponed! by Anonymous http://stbenedictstable.ca/2012/05/steve-bell-concert-postponed/#comment-4765 Anonymous Tue, 22 May 2012 14:41:00 +0000 http://stbenedictstable.ca/?p=7972#comment-4765 Well, not so sure that heads will roll, Byron, but Steve is feeling pretty bad about it all. He's promising to give a free CD to all ticket holders at the rescheduled concert! Jamie Well, not so sure that heads will roll, Byron, but Steve is feeling pretty bad about it all. He’s promising to give a free CD to all ticket holders at the rescheduled concert!

Jamie

]]> Comment on Steve Bell Concert Postponed! by Byronmodonnell http://stbenedictstable.ca/2012/05/steve-bell-concert-postponed/#comment-4764 Byronmodonnell Tue, 22 May 2012 12:16:00 +0000 http://stbenedictstable.ca/?p=7972#comment-4764 I certainly hope some head will roll over this! I certainly hope some head will roll over this!

]]> Comment on My Friend Fred by Adeline Berg http://stbenedictstable.ca/writtenword/my-friend-fred/#comment-4659 Adeline Berg Fri, 18 May 2012 03:40:00 +0000 http://stbenedictstable.ca/?post_type=writtenword&p=7961#comment-4659 Aw Jodi, that is an awesome story because you are an awesome person! Aw Jodi, that is an awesome story because you are an awesome person!

]]> Comment on News | the week of May 14 by Jon Sears http://stbenedictstable.ca/2012/05/news-the-week-of-may-14/#comment-4511 Jon Sears Mon, 14 May 2012 19:31:00 +0000 http://stbenedictstable.ca/?p=7925#comment-4511 For Theology by the Glass (May 14, 2012), I'm planning to bring materials for "Praying in Color," which Lauren Winner describes as "praying via doodling," and "a major piece of my prayer life." C.f. http://prayingincolor.com/praying-in-color-praying-in-black-and-white For Theology by the Glass (May 14, 2012), I’m planning to bring materials for “Praying in Color,” which Lauren Winner describes as “praying via doodling,” and “a major piece of my prayer life.” C.f.
http://prayingincolor.com/praying-in-color-praying-in-black-and-white

]]> Comment on Tradition and Conversation by Anonymous http://stbenedictstable.ca/writtenword/tradition-and-conversation/#comment-3895 Anonymous Wed, 02 May 2012 19:56:00 +0000 http://stbenedictstable.ca/?post_type=writtenword&p=7831#comment-3895 Thanks for this, Bryan. I think that one of the more interesting observations has to do with how, when you visited other Anglican parishes, you were often told that it "was going to be a lot more traditional then saint benedict’s." Your sense that this generally meant "there was going to be a choir, an organ, a strict conformity to the prescribed liturgy" is absolutely on... and I would say what these folks were really describing was not so much "traditional" as "conventional." Back in 2006, John Longhurst wrote a profile of saint ben's for the Winnipeg Free Press, in which he picked up on a comment I made about how "We wanted to loosen the bolts on the ancient Anglican tradition and give it new flexibility and play." I think that is not a bad description of our ethos, but since then I've come to think that any time a church tradition becomes too firmly bolted down it tips over into traditionalism; an entirely different thing from being rooted. If you're interested, the Free Press piece is still available online: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/historic/31872529.html Jamie Thanks for this, Bryan.
I think that one of the more interesting observations has to do with how, when you visited other Anglican parishes, you were often told that it “was going to be a lot more traditional then saint benedict’s.” Your sense that this generally meant “there was going to be a choir, an organ, a strict conformity to the prescribed liturgy” is absolutely on… and I would say what these folks were really describing was not so much “traditional” as “conventional.”

Back in 2006, John Longhurst wrote a profile of saint ben’s for the Winnipeg Free Press, in which he picked up on a comment I made about how “We wanted to loosen the bolts on the ancient Anglican tradition and give it new flexibility and play.” I think that is not a bad description of our ethos, but since then I’ve come to think that any time a church tradition becomes too firmly bolted down it tips over into traditionalism; an entirely different thing from being rooted.

If you’re interested, the Free Press piece is still available online: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/historic/31872529.html

Jamie

]]> Comment on Mark MacDonald on Indigenous life in Canada by Jon Sears http://stbenedictstable.ca/video/mark-macdonald-on-indigenous-life-in-canada/#comment-3890 Jon Sears Wed, 02 May 2012 16:41:00 +0000 http://stbenedictstable.ca/?post_type=video&p=7728#comment-3890 Thanks for inviting Bishop Mark, and posting this conversation. Because of this, I'm taking an intensive course with him called "Indigenous Wisdom," through the University of Winnipeg - Faculty of Theology, happening at UW North End Campus - 527 Selkirk Ave.. We're discussing Bible scripture and readings (First Peoples Theology Journal, Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples), sharing ceremonies, and learning out of our diverse experiences as indigenous and non-indigenous people from Turtle Island and around the world. Please pray and plan participate on May 13: Sisters in Spirit annual Mothers Day Walk to honour missing and murdered Aboriginal Sisters, who are all our relatives. The walk begins at 1pm at the St Regis Hotel (285 Smith St.) ends at Oodena Celebration Circle. http://www.theforks.com/events/calendar-of-events#event_1492_20120513 Thanks for inviting Bishop Mark, and posting this conversation. Because of this, I’m taking an intensive course with him called “Indigenous Wisdom,” through the University of Winnipeg – Faculty of Theology, happening at UW North End Campus – 527 Selkirk Ave.. We’re discussing Bible scripture and readings (First Peoples Theology Journal, Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples), sharing ceremonies, and learning out of our diverse experiences as indigenous and non-indigenous people from Turtle Island and around the world. Please pray and plan participate on May 13: Sisters in Spirit annual Mothers Day Walk to honour missing and murdered Aboriginal Sisters, who are all our relatives. The walk begins at 1pm at the St Regis Hotel (285 Smith St.) ends at Oodena Celebration Circle. http://www.theforks.com/events/calendar-of-events#event_1492_20120513

]]> Comment on Drawing in Light by Jon http://stbenedictstable.ca/writtenword/drawing-in-light/#comment-3580 Jon Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:01:00 +0000 http://stbenedictstable.ca/?post_type=writtenword&p=6151#comment-3580 I was thinking about this again after Will Braun spoke to a class in March about his work with the Interfaith Task Force on Northern Hydro Development. http://energyjustice.mcc.org/about/coalition . It was Will who framed this helpfully for me around the time of that ideaExchange you reference. Christians "enter into the darkness, to the places of pain and shame" also within the mystery of grace --as you quote, as "patient observers of God’s healing action, [...] the coming of the good news of restoration." I was thinking about this again after Will Braun spoke to a class in March about his work with the Interfaith Task Force on Northern Hydro Development. http://energyjustice.mcc.org/about/coalition . It was Will who framed this helpfully for me around the time of that ideaExchange you reference. Christians “enter into the darkness, to the places of pain and shame” also within the mystery of grace –as you quote, as “patient observers of God’s healing action, [...] the coming of the good news of restoration.”

]]> Comment on Prayers of the People | April 15 by Maryrose http://stbenedictstable.ca/2012/04/prayers-of-the-people-april-15/#comment-3419 Maryrose Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:25:00 +0000 http://stbenedictstable.ca/?p=7673#comment-3419 "God has no hands but ours".... What is God's responsibility, and what is ours? Is our disbelief a result of not seeing God act to change all the wrongs in this world, or a result of our own impotence to affect the change we pray for so diligently? How does God heal "brokenness" - through transcendent miracle of grace or through his children who, through their own brokenness, have a passion for healing others (no less a miracle of grace) and actually get involved in the lives of other broken people? “God has no hands but ours”…. What is God’s responsibility, and what is ours? Is our disbelief a result of not seeing God act to change all the wrongs in this world, or a result of our own impotence to affect the change we pray for so diligently? How does God heal “brokenness” – through transcendent miracle of grace or through his children who, through their own brokenness, have a passion for healing others (no less a miracle of grace) and actually get involved in the lives of other broken people?

]]> Comment on This little tradition of ours… by Colleen Peters http://stbenedictstable.ca/2012/04/this-little-tradition-of-ours/#comment-3346 Colleen Peters Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:50:00 +0000 http://stbenedictstable.ca/?p=7582#comment-3346 Easter truly is champagne for the soul! Easter truly is champagne for the soul!

]]> Comment on This little tradition of ours… by Byronmodonnell http://stbenedictstable.ca/2012/04/this-little-tradition-of-ours/#comment-3237 Byronmodonnell Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:35:00 +0000 http://stbenedictstable.ca/?p=7582#comment-3237 Oh you guys! Oh you guys!

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