Today in the church calendar is the day of Pentecost, when after Jesus had ascended into heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit to his Apostles, birthing the Christian church’s beginning. Today we celebrate the indwelling of God, the Holy Spirit. This is a prayer for the day of Pentecost:
Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver [...]
May 27, 2007
Categories: God, Life and Culture, prayers . . Author: jeff greer . Comments: 1 Comment
Most of us have at least heard about ‘ONE’ but there are some that may know nothing about it and maybe many others that have not signed up to ‘help make poverty history’. If you are wondering what it is all about, you can get a glimpse by checking out this excerpt from Bono’s [...]
May 24, 2007
Categories: God, Life and Culture, justice, mission . . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment
It’s been a while since I posted anything. I’ve been struggling…pretty much with life. Life comes at you hard sometimes and often when you are taking the heat, you are sometimes at a loss for words. That seems to be where i am right now. I’m certain that soon many words [...]
May 21, 2007
Categories: God, Life and Culture, music, poetry, prayers . . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment
Well it has been a week since me and my wife slept outside in a cardboard coffin for two with about 4500-5000 other people at Magnuson Park in Seattle. As you probably read before in my other post about this, we displaced ourselves from our homes for Invisible Children’s nationwide ‘Displace Me’ event to [...]
May 6, 2007
Categories: God, Life and Culture, Seattle, justice, living, mission, our stuff, outdoors, random thoughts . . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment
So I decided to copy my friend Matt and post my own ‘On Notice’ blog, so hopefully this goes over OK and I don’t get anyone wanting to sue me! So here goes my own first ‘On Notice’:
May 3, 2007
Categories: Seattle, just random, justice, living, our stuff, tv . . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment
This is the evening prayer from my Celtic Daily Prayer book from the Northumbria Community and I think it is a helpful and healing prayer, especially in times of trial and struggle. We used it in our Solas gathering last Sunday night and when I read it, it helps me to direct my heart [...]
May 2, 2007
Categories: Celtic, God, Life and Culture, prayers, readings, worship . . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment