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New to the CCblogs network

Tue, 06/02/2009 - 16:55 — G. Atkinson

We have some new bloggers in the CCblogs network. Drop by and check them out.

Religious Rhetorics - K.M. Camper is a rhetorician and a doctoral student in the English Language and Literature program at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. His blog is a collaboration with Kari Lundgren. They offer rigourous rhetorical analysis of American religious language.

Disciple's Diary - Wayne Stacy has taught at Southern Seminary, Midwestern Seminary, and Palm Beach Atlantic University. He now resides in western North Carolina with Cheryl, his wife of 39 years, where he teaches in the Distance Learning Program for Liberty Theological Seminary, writes for various publications, and serves as an intentional interim pastor.

Notes from Off Center - Andrew Tatusko is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and is currently the program activity director for a Title III grant to integrate technology into teaching, learning, retention and advising at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, PA.

Exploring Ecumenism - Chris Sissons is a National Ecuminical Officer for the Methodist Church.

Discernland - Josh Bowron is a seminary student.

The Rev's Rumbles - From Fred Anderson's blog: "I am a follower of Jesus, a progressive Presbyterian, a Freemason and an unapologetic left-wing Democrat. I am also honorably retired, aged to perfection, deeply in love with my life's partner, contentedly doing what I want to do when I want to do it in Arizona's beautiful Valley of the Sun."

Nachfolge - Scott Johnson is a Lutheran pastor.

CyberSpiritCafe - Doug Kings describes himself as a "liberal pastor in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Christian Conversations - Kevin Baker is the pastor of Reconciliation United Methodist Church in Durham. He posts at Theolog and has written for Christian Century's "Living by the Word."

Rev Abi's Long and Winding Road - Abi Carlisle-Wilke is I am a United Methodist Minister serving in Huntsville, AL.

 

CCblogs Lenten posts III

Fri, 03/06/2009 - 11:56 — G. Atkinson

 
This is our final installment of posts on Lent from various bloggers within our network. We may feature individual posts on Lent between now and Easter, but this is our last collection.

Thanks,

Gordon

A Diner at the End of Time      The Painted Prayerbook      Just Words

The Church Geek      Breaking Fast on the Beach      The Pocket Mardis

Reflectionary      One Hand Clapping      Unorthodoxology

Ellen Haroutunian

 
If you come across a Lenten blog posting that you find interesting or meaningful, post the link in a comment and we'll check it out.
 

More Lenten blog posts

Tue, 03/03/2009 - 08:03 — G. Atkinson

Here are some more Lenten blog entries from blogs in our community. We are engaged in a joint blog exercise. In a few days, we'll gather all of these links and post them at blogs in our network, opening up our writing to the various networks that surround our individual blogs.

If you are in our network and wish to be included, send a link to your blog entry to Gordon Atkinson or leave it here in the comments. If you know of a good link to a Lenten source outside the network, leave it her in the comments.

Thanks,

Gordon

Theolog      Welcoming Spirit      Living Word by Word

Where the Wind      Faith in Community      When Grace Happens

Theophiliacs J. Stambaugh      Theophiliacs A. Hunt      Everyday Liturgy

Available Light      Work in Progress      Allan Bevere

 
If you come across a Lenten blog posting that you find interesting or meaningful, post the link in a comment and we'll check it out.

Lent in the CCblogs network

Fri, 02/27/2009 - 10:57 — G. Atkinson

For ministers, Lent can be an interesting time of the year. We are called to lead our communities into a counter-cultural kind of experience. The modern world is not generally inclined to observe grief and penitence in such formalized ways. Churches are often seen as the place where you go to "find happiness" or "discover meaning in life."

And yet the Church continues to set aside this season for repentance and introspection. A number of bloggers in our network have posted things about Lent. Here is a selection of them:

Don't Eat Alone      The Connection      Pastor's Post

Faith at Ease      Holy Vignettes      I-YOUniverse

Where the Wind      As the Deer      The Other Jesus

Mark Powell      Getting There

 
If you come across a Lenten blog posting that you find interesting or meaningful, post the link in a comment and we'll check it out.

New CCbloggers

Tue, 02/10/2009 - 01:26 — G. Atkinson

We have four new blogs in our network.

Weston Williams - is the minister at Bowling Green Christian Church.

Just Words - Ed Sunday-Winters is the pastor of Ball Camp Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee.

When Grace Happens - J. Scott McKay is an Elder in the United Methodist Church.

Eclectic Faith - Christopher Keel is an Episcopalian layperson.

 

Reactions to Lisa Miller's Newsweek article

Tue, 12/23/2008 - 15:04 — G. Atkinson

Several blogs in our network have posted responses to Lisa Miller's recent Newsweek article on gay marriage. Thanks to David Cramer of Cramer Comments for finding these for us.

Theolog

Shuck and Jive

The Pocket Mardis

A Wee Blether

Cramer Comments

Ponderings on a Faith Journey

 

New CCbloggers

Mon, 12/01/2008 - 01:33 — G. Atkinson

We have 4 new bloggers in our network.

The Church Geek - Jim Bonewald is an aspiring photographer and pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Soul Ache - Trey Lyon is an associate minister at Towne View Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Choral Reef - Jodi Gustafson is a choral geek, book lover, poet, and theology junkie.

Emerging Christianity - Peter Walker is a M.Div student at George Fox Seminary & a freelance writer

 

We have three new bloggers in our network

Tue, 11/18/2008 - 18:09 — G. Atkinson

As the Deer - Chris Brundage is a pastor at a church in lower Michigan and a graduate of Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. He is ordained in the Presbyterian Church USA.

Life and Faith - Ernesto Tinajero is a graduate of Fuller Theological seminary. He is an editor and a poet.

Shuck and Jive - John Shuck the pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton.

New CCbloggers

Tue, 11/11/2008 - 16:15 — G. Atkinson

We have four new bloggers in our network:

The Pocket Mardis - Matt Mardis-LeCroy is, in his own words, "A UCC minister, husband, cat owner, amateur chef and political junkie.

Getting There - Paul Walton is a minister of the Word in the Uniting Church of Australia.

Holy Vignettes - Heather Reichgott is a Ph.D. student in systematic theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkely California.

A Pastor's Cancer Diary - Carl Wilton is the pastor of the Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey. He has Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and is blogging about his journey in recovery and treatment and how that intersects with matters of faith.

New CCbloggers

Mon, 11/03/2008 - 20:07 — G. Atkinson

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We have a number of exciting blogs that are new to our network of friends. Take a look:

Practice Resurrection - Tim Sean Youmans is a youth pastor in Shawnee Oklahoma and a song writer. His writing and his music are available at his blog, including a 17th century Lutheran hymn that he arranged in a modern folk setting. He has been blogging for four years.

De Veritate -Andrew Tatum is a student at Campbell Divinity School and the youth minister at Piney Grove Baptist Church.

The Connection - Dr. Tom Cheatham is a Presbyterian minister in Starkville, Mississippi.

Living Word by Word - Pam Fickenscher is an ELCA Lutheran pastor and mother of small children living in Minneapolis. Her blog reflects regularly on the lectionary texts as well as the tasks of ministry and mothering, with a particular interest in issues of sustainability.

Mainstream Baptist - Dr. Bruce Prescott is the host of "Religious Talk" on KREF radio and executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists. He is also the president of the Norman, Oklahoma Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Seeking First the Kingdom - Jimmy McCarty is a student at Claremont School of Theology pursuing an M.A. in Ethics with a concentration in Peace and Justice Studies. He is also a part-time minister at the Normandie Church of Christ in South Central Los Anglels and the manager of a non-profit transitional living center that serves single, homeless men.