Mark Scandrette @ disciples.fellowship

16Nov08

Mark Scandrette @ disciples.fellowship from 10 19 08.

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slam poetry: give me an idea

10Oct08

give me an idea
by tyler priest
Give me an idea. Give me an idea that will make my intellect buzz, my heart speed up, my passion stir, one that will fix my gaze in contemplation, for a long, long time. Give me an idea that will ransom my mediocrity and empower my potential. [...]

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Tags: Def Poetry Jam, homilitecs, Mark Scandrette, poetry, reimagine, slam poetry, Steve Coleman

a Scandrettian mantra from Homebrewed Christianity

03Oct08

Mark Scandrette and Sevens’s mantra for vowed community: (from the Homebrewed Christianity podcast):
to Creator, obedience
to creation, service
to each other, community
in all things love,
in all things love.

with possessions, simplicity
for life, prayer
in our world, creativity
in all things love,
in all things love.
As I understand it, this beautiful, centering mantra came from dwelling in Jesus’ gospel commands in community, [...]

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Tags: emergent, Church Basement Roadshow, Mark Scandrette, communal vow, birmingham emergent/c, Soul Graffiti, Homebrewed Christianity

quite the hootenanny: CBR in B’ham

28Jul08

This past Saturday night we had a riot of a revival while hosting the Church Basement Roadshow. Greg described it as a kingdom party—I couldn’t phrase it any better myself. Professor Hawthorne, Brother Duke, and Preacher Withee stirred the crowds to see new, more hopeful ways forward as people of the Christ in [...]

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Tags: birmingham alabama, Church Basement Roadshow, disciples fellowship, Doug Pagitt, emergent, emerging church, gospel, Mark Scandrette, Tony Jones