“The New Holy Hip” – Is it dangerous to be Religious and not spiritual and vice versa?  This is a video of  Jim Martin, SJ, the author of  The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything.

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Once upon a time there were two carpenters; framers to be precise.  Each day they would arrive at the building site to pound nails, erect walls.   The first, a glum man, was asked what he was doing.  “I hammer nails,” he replied, looking sour.  “Every day, hammer nails and more nails.  Day in, day out, hammering nails.  I hammer nails, I get paid.”  His was a monochrome life.

The second carpenter was posed the same question.  His eyes were alive as he drove each nail and erected the wall and put it in place.  “I’m building a hospital!” he exclaimed.  “In this hospital people of our town will have access to the latest medical care.” Read the rest of this entry »

This week Mike and Mark dig deeper into the issue of the masks we wear, and examine how we cut ourselves off from authentic relationship with others and from experiencing God’s love in a deep way by wearing those masks.

Mike referenced Greg Boyds book “Repenting of Religion: Turning from Judgment to the Love of God.”

Podcast: Download (Duration: 20:16 — 9.3MB)

Recorded in the shadow of Canada’s loss to the US in Mens Hockey in round robin play last week, the guys lampoon their ‘Home and Native Land’!

They are excited about a new website they’ve launched called The Ecotone Project.  They invite the listeners to participate by sending in their experiences with Jesus, to be posted on the site.  Eventually they begin a discussion on hiding, and how we often relate to each other and God through masks.  Look for more on hiding and masks next week.

Hooray!  Canada took Gold in Mens Ice Hockey yesterday! Yahoo and phew!

Podcast: Download (Duration: 24:56 — 11.4MB)

This is a poem from a dear friend,  Andre’ Lefebvre.  Andre’ is a prophetic musician and artist who loves to share the heart of God through his work.  This poem expresses his heart-break over the hi-jacking of the Kingdom by the power brokers of the world who seek to fortify their own agenda in the name of God.

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