Comments for Benjamin Vineyard

Comment on Surprised by Hope: The Christian Hope and Resurrection by nate

nate — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:41:05 +0000

i love surprised by hope. i bring it out every easter and reread sections. it’s become an easter ritual.

now i can’t wait for the second resurrection!

Comment on Emperor Justinian // Christian Ruler & Confessor of Christ? by Travis Moorhouse

Travis Moorhouse — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:52:35 +0000

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Comment on A Jesus Dream by Pete

Pete — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:44:20 +0000

Sweet, thanks.

Comment on A Jesus Dream by Benjamin Vineyard

Benjamin Vineyard — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:13:34 +0000

Go ahead Pete. I feel honored.

Comment on A Jesus Dream by Pete

Pete — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:40:41 +0000

Ben, thank you for this. This emphasis is exactly where quite a few of us congregations around Des Moines are striving to go. Do you mind if I take this and use this entry in our young adult blog?

Comment on Ignatian Examen (Looking Back on Your Day) by Benjamin Vineyard

Benjamin Vineyard — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:32:58 +0000

Thanks for the note Denise. <

Comment on Ignatian Examen (Looking Back on Your Day) by Denise

Denise — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:29:21 +0000

The Examen is a wonderful way to review the day. For several variations on how to incorporate this prayer practice, check out: http://ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/the-examen/

Comment on Fostering Creativity by Brian Pike

Brian Pike — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:56:02 +0000

It’s pretty neat that you brought up the creativity aspect today! Today I started something new with our SS group and it has its grounds in the book Imaginative Youth Ministry (and somewhat from our talk last year!). Through February (Epiphany + a few weeks), we’re going … See Moreto go through some I AM statements in John that are so rich in imagery, and just imagine what all that imagery says about Christ. I can’t wait! It started off well today!

But to answer your question on creating a community, I don’t really know! I think part of the answer just may be to slow down in our fast-paced culture and actually allow and make time for our imaginations to be active. That, and maybe deprive of them of tvs, computers and technology for a week :

Comment on The Moral Landscape of Heaven by petejurchen

petejurchen — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:13:29 +0000

As for the chat about ministry and family and discipleship, I’d love it! I miss those conversations we had, and wish often that we’d been able to go further.

Leaving the Omniscient one to do His thing, I love conversations about these types of matters. You know that I’m a big self-proclaimed fantasy geek (and I know you’ve got some of that in there somewhere), and pretty much all of fantasy literature/film/video games deals with this issue of good and evil (and often more in depth than pop culture gives it credit for). We Christians have the greatest epic at our fingertips, and one which we believe is actually true! All too often we dismiss these epic questions in favor of flighty Oprah-style life application and miss the grandeur of our faith. Thanks for posting these thoughts and stirring this up in my head once more.

Comment on The Moral Landscape of Heaven by Benjamin Vineyard

Benjamin Vineyard — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:03:44 +0000

Thanks for the comment Peter.

When I was writing this little thought out, I was immersed in a couple of books about “evil,” and all that. One is C.S. Lewis’ The Problem of Pain.

As I was writing, I was trying to wonder out loud about the way God made us in the beginning as free creatures with the ability to decide good or evil. Then, I was wondering about the restored creation… In that restored state, what would it be like to be free but not really choose evil?

…an even stranger question: why didn’t God start with that plan and not this one? …but, I’ll leave the Omniscient one to have the answer to that.

Thanks for the chat.

On another note, I’d love to call or chat sometime about how ministry and being a daddy is going these days. I’d really love to hear your mind on youth ministry today.

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