Author: Mary Ann Holtz

At worship on June 2, 2013, Joe gave a talk inviting our Missio Dei community into a multi-week exploration of a Rule of Life as a path to living the Good Life. A Rule of Life is a set of very specific, concrete practices we might craft individually and as a community which will help […]

Find the summary of the 4th installment of holistic. missional. christian. COMMUNITY here:

I have summarized Joe’s talk on the 3rd part – Christian from our series on holistic. missional. christian. community. See the document here: 

September 8, 2013,  we began a four week conversation dealing with what we hope will be the DNA of Missio Dei. There are four interwoven strands: Holistic, Missional, Christian, Community. Here is a recap of Joe’s talk on the second strand: MISSIONAL.  “Missio Dei” is a Latin term meaning “mission of God”.  (The phrase was […]

Missio Dei is a “Holistic, Missional, Christian,  Community.”   September 8, 2013, at worship we began a four week conversation dealing with what we hope will be the DNA of Missio Dei.  There are four interwoven strands:  Holistic, Missional, Christian, Community. The first of the four strands is Holistic.  We read and listened to the […]

Action and Contemplation: Following Jesus through the Economic, Environmental, and Religious Crises 1) Connecting to the Source of Love; Creating Plan for Healthy Self-Care and Stress Protection     a) Daily prayer, meditation, and spiritual reading and study     b) Healthy Self-Care and Stress Protection Plan    2) Get outdoors and open up to the revelation of Love […]

Joe’s talk on June 16, 2013, summarized by Mary Ann Holtz The series on a Rule of Life which Joe began a couple of weeks ago focuses on faithfulness to God, rather than culture. The biblical story which we are drawing upon comes from the Book of Daniel. Joe’s talk on June 16, 2013 built […]

Faithfulness to God, not Culture—Seeking the Good Life Our First Practice: Prayer Summary by Mary Ann Holtz, June 10, 2013 At worship on June 2, 2013, Joe gave a talk inviting our Missio Dei community into a 5 week exploration of a Rule of Life as a path to living the Good Life. A Rule […]

Some friends of mine sent me an invitation to join them in prayer at noon from wherever each of us is,  each day of both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, for 5 minutes — or longer and more often if you can.  Actually these friends of mine don’t use the language of “prayer”.  Rather […]