Mardi Tindal
Moderator Mardi Tindal's blog: From fear to joy
Posted on: 11/24/2009 11:04
Welcome to my blog—a place to reflect with me on God’s abundant healing of soul, community, and creation. I hope you will visit often and be part of this sacred conversation.
In various messages, I have been describing Mary’s turning from fear toward joy as a theme of Advent.
Even in such a perilous time as hers, with reasons to be afraid, Mary allowed her heart to turn from fear to joy.
Even in such perilous times as ours, with reasons to be afraid, we too are called to allow our hearts to turn from fear to joy.
For when we liberate our imaginations, reason is put into its proper place, and hope flourishes.
Last weekend in Winnipeg at the RiverRunning intercultural conference, I heard extraordinary stories of people turning from fear to joy, thereby inspiring others to do the same. Embracing one another across diverse cultures, it is exciting to see United Church congregations sharing a common mission with diverse expressions.
Left to right in foreground: Stan McKay, Laura Mariko Cheifetz, me, and Katalina Tahaafe-Williams. Photo by Alcris Limongi.
Knox United Church, for example, figures that there are between 80 and 90 cultural groups represented in its congregation. Not surprisingly, Knox’s congregational materials radiate a lively embrace of the 40th General Council’s reaffirmation about becoming an intercultural church (much more than multicultural), with activities that range from the Jesus FlickFest to the Rainbow Community Garden.
Mardi Tindal
Moderator Mardi Tindal's blog: Joy in the music and struggle
Posted on: 11/20/2009 16:54
Welcome to my blog—a place to reflect with me on God’s abundant healing of soul, community, and creation. I hope you will visit often and be part of this sacred conversation.
For four days the General Council Executive (GCE) has met carefully and faithfully, discerning God’s leading and direction as we considered the actions of General Council and their implementation.
There was joy in the struggle as we recognized both our gifts and our limitations as a church. In God’s world, there is abundance in community, and wherever our particular gifts end (and our limitations begin), others’ particular gifts begin and are called forth. I saw this process of trusting one another’s good gifts throughout the meeting, and am confident that when we have the sense to choose community, the truth of abundance is known in both personal and institutional ways. We are being called to explore and live into this truth in new ways as the United Church.
Emmanuel United Church
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rishi
Nothingfails e3
a mother's eternal guilt?
Posted on: 12/19/2008 01:43
Hello Everyone.
Ok, so I'm a newbie at this whole blogging thing so please bare with me :)
The thoughts are so random and "there" in my head and the feelings dominate my soul--- that the only place for this to be understood is possibly in this kind of a forum.
I am a mother of three beautiful, happy, healthy vibrant girls (4, 3 and 1 year old) I have a wonderful (albeit-- LAZY) husband and pretty much everything that gives me absolutely NO reason to complain, and yet all I want to do is cry.
bygraceiam
Open Table..Spiritual Reality...Truth in the Holy Spirit..
Posted on: 12/07/2008 15:41
Hello everyone God bless you....
Today I welcome you to the Open Table...I pray you will join me more often , grab a tea or coffee...brings some sweet goodies if you like I could be forced to eat one or two lol lol....post on the topic or just relax sit back and take it in...what ever way...I thankyou for visiting .....
Today the Lord has lead me to teach on the Holy Spirit....
bygraceiam
Open Table..Spiritual Reality..The Living Word..Poem..
Posted on: 11/10/2008 21:27
Hello everyone .......God bless you.......
I would like to once again invite everyone to the Open Table...grab a coffee...write what is upon your heart...a poem..favorite scriptures...your testimony....a story...we would love to hear from you........
This poem was put upon my heart by the Holy Spirit...back in 2002......
The Living Word......
It seems no one wants to listen , from God and His Kingdom above,
All He wants us to know is He waiting , to offer His Divine Precious Love..
Lovers of the hard Truth opposed to fanciful, smooth and conforting lies.
Collectively Christendom is hypocritical, pathetic, and plastered with idolatry! It is the sad reality of the church. However, there still are genuine God fearing, Jesus loving, Holy Spirit driven Christians out there who care more about the Lord Jesus than themselves, wherefore they won’t let the despicable condition of the church prevent or impede them from loving and giving glory to Christ Jesus.
bygraceiam
Open Table..Spiritual Reality..
Posted on: 10/16/2008 23:34
Hello everyone.......God bless you.....
I want to share with you .......some of Gods words I have been reading lately....
Enjoying Intimacy with God...read all books with God discernment.......
WE are now, and we will be in the future, only as intimate with God as we really choose
to be ...J. Oswald Sanders...
Dr. AB Simpson....clarified the Spirits function...
The great business of the Holy Spirit is to stand behind the scenes and make Jesus real,
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