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1 Peter 3:8-13 Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tender-hearted and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. For,“Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his […]

​We come together tonight to remember and grieve. In a few minutes we will read the names of more than fifty men and women who died this year on the streets of Pinellas County. Collectively we knew many of these people and we mourn their loss. Some of the women and men whom we remember […]

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 […]

More ‘Valuable’ Relationships  Most of us are very slow to change much about ourselves. Our ingrained habits are very difficult to overcome. We usually prefer to choose the easier, softer way, which means continuing the status quo. I want to share a process that has helped me to change some behaviors sooner and easier than I […]

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 […]

Richard Rohr sends out a daily readings I often find quite helpful.   You can subscribe to these readings by visiting this link: https://cac.org/sign-up Here is an excerpt from a recent one that I found particularly meaningful: Hidden Social Agreements Remain Uncritiqued In Paul it is clear that the second level of sin, “the flesh,” is individual […]