Chris H.

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Where do I begin?

Chris H. posted an article on - Nov 25, 2009, 1:21 pm
Campolo and Bono do a great job expressing eloquently the social imperative the follower of Christ faces.  They resonate with me, much like the emotional growl of a great jazz singer or the funky...
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Inner healing as tough work Part 2.

Chris H. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2009, 1:37 pm
The work of inner healing sneaked up on me. Unlike last time when I had made a conscious effort to work things through, today I was caught off guard.  It began last night as memories of the pain ...
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Yoder and justification

Chris H. posted an article on - Nov 21, 2009, 5:09 pm
Forgive the incoherence of these thoughts, they come from the cloud of a swine flu mind. I am captured by Yoder's thoughts on justification.  He asserts that Paul had the unification of Jew a...
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Thoughts on Amazing Grace: Contemplation in the dark

Chris H. posted an article on - Nov 17, 2009, 5:05 pm
As Wilberforce grew in his contemplative desire, so too was he drawn to the dark places.  The mystic who wrote the Cloud of Unknowing calls the place of highest contemplation a dark cloud, where ...
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Prophetic voice

Chris H. posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 10:29 pm
Meditation on Isaiah 58:1-6 Proclaim the injustice to the church. They act like their nation has been chosen by me. They act as if their going to church and their religiosity, their work ethic an...
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Simulation and Simulacra

Chris H. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 2:32 pm
In other words there is a great danger in facile and thoughtless verbalizations of spiritual reality. All true spiritual disciplines recognize the peril of idolatry in the irresponsible fabrication of...
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Spirituality and work

Chris H. posted an article on - Sep 9, 2009, 8:25 pm
How can I lead people to find the spirituality of work from the ivory tower of vocational church life?  How can my spiritual formation matter to people in the real world when I am seen as an oddi...
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What does God need?

Chris H. posted an article on - Sep 4, 2009, 11:51 pm
In our ministerial group we have on occasion batted around the question: does God have a real needs? Does God need us? Does God need companionship? Does God need our service? In thinking so about...
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Reflections on In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen

Chris H. posted an article on - Aug 25, 2009, 10:28 pm
The central question facing Christian leaders today, I think, is: Are we going to be led? Nouwen rightly points out that the cure to the temptation to relevance is mysticism. The Christian leader mu...
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Eternal Summer

Chris H. posted an article on - Aug 25, 2009, 2:59 pm
Anxiety threatened to steal my day Opressed me like the mourning A frieght train whistled Delivering me to the Eternity of an Indian summer
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Longing for eternity

Chris H. posted an article on - Aug 1, 2009, 3:39 pm
Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee - St. AugustineLast night as I was praying night prayer with di...
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Biking

Chris H. posted an article on - Jul 29, 2009, 3:28 pm
View Biking in a larger map Today, I didn't bike to Unionville as I would normally do. The espresso machine is disconnected at the coffeehouse until the health dept. finally comes through. In a...
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