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Spectacular and ordinary stories of how life and faith intersect as a Jesus follower. Broken world baby, broken world. This entry was posted on April 22, 2013, in Uncategorized. My friend and colleague Rick. Often uses this phrase “Broken world baby, broken world” when things feel so horribly jacked up in life and in the world. I see pictures of friends cheering runners on in Boston. Hours later cheering has turned to screams of terror. Bombs exploded, lives are ended and the city mourns. Will racism and...
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Rick's InterVarsity Letters: December 2011
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Monday, December 5, 2011. Our big (little) news! Yes, Isaiah Hildebrandt. Was born to Greg and Kelli (pictured right) in July. They both work at TreeHouse ministries in the Twin Cities, reaching out to troubled teens. Graduated from college and is looking for a job leading worship. Seems like he passed me up on the acoustic guitar this year - but I can still handle him on the golf course, no prob. Continues to serve as volunteer extraordinaire in women's ministries and music at Grace Church Roseville.
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Ecclesiophilia: March 2015
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The Annunciation: a Marian Feast for Catholics and Protestants. Today, March 25, the Catholic Church across the world celebrates the Solemnity of the Annunciation- commemorating the time when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Blessed Virgin Mary to announce to her that she would bear the Son of God to the world. As she gave her simple fiat. All of history, all of creation was altered forever. 1 The event it celebrates is explicitly biblical. 2 The focus is clearly Jesus. Again, Protestants tend to be...
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Ecclesiophilia: Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae
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Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. Today is the great Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, commemorating the visit the Archangel Gabriel paid to the Blessed Virgin Mary, announcing to her the privilege she would have, given her consent, of bearing the Son of God to the world. Our loving Father seeks. Our permission for,. Our cooperation with,. His work in our lives. And when that cooperation, that permission, is given, and the unbridled love of God is let loose in our lives, things happen!
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Ecclesiophilia: Christmassed Out?
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Recently away at a personal retreat, I joined other retreatants at a common dinner. Not surprisingly, one of our topics of conversation was Thanksgiving plans. It was then we learned that two of our companions happened to be chefs. "Ugh! One exclaimed. "I'm 'turkeyed out.' I've been cooking turkeys for about two months now." The other agreed.come early October, turkey becomes the featured item at restaurants and grocery delis. The first chef emphatically stated that she was not. When we are thus saturated.
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Ecclesiophilia: May 2012
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Denominational Relativism: the DR is in! Briefly, here are two of my primary objections to DR.you will note they are very much interrelated. 1 Denominational Relativism follows the modernistic impulse of dissociating the individual from his/her historical, social, and cultural context. A traditionally Anglican one! 2 Denominational Relativism exalts the individual. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Denominational Relativism: the DR is in! Talk with Rick Mattson.
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Ecclesiophilia: The O Antiphons
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Quite likely, the best-known Advent hymn is "O Come, O Come Emmanuel," probably because it is considered by many a Christmas carol and makes its way onto numerous Christmas albums. The hymn's haunting and memorable melody complement well its beautiful lyrics, which resound with a deep sense of longing- for ransom, freedom, redemption. But these wonderful lyrics are actually derived from what the Church knows as the O Antiphons. Each sung on successive evenings as the antiphon to the Magnificat. Image fro...
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Ecclesiophilia: November 2014
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Recently away at a personal retreat, I joined other retreatants at a common dinner. Not surprisingly, one of our topics of conversation was Thanksgiving plans. It was then we learned that two of our companions happened to be chefs. "Ugh! One exclaimed. "I'm 'turkeyed out.' I've been cooking turkeys for about two months now." The other agreed.come early October, turkey becomes the featured item at restaurants and grocery delis. The first chef emphatically stated that she was not. When we are thus saturated.