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Top 10 reasons why men should not be ordained for ministry
28 April 08 03:58 PM | Beth Patterson | 2 Comments   
From a site called "Serving Bread" comes the 10 top reasons why men should NOT be ordained. A little satire is good for the soul! From the extended syllabus of Systematic Theology 3: 10. A man’s place is in the army. 9. The pastoral duties of men who Read More...
Guest Blogger: Helen Mildenhall goes Off the Map
01 March 08 01:27 PM | Beth Patterson | 3 Comments   
I met Helen in my scouting around for quality blogs for the Engaged Spirituality Carnival. I found more in Helen than I knew I was searching for... Helen lives in Illinois with her husband and two children. She hosts the blog Conversation at the Edge Read More...
Sheer lunacy
22 February 08 01:45 AM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
As I sat with family and friends around a fire in my backyard on Wednesday night, the 20th, we watched the total lunar eclipse and cooked 'dogs' and s'mores...and laughed, and watched the moon, howling just a tad.. It was a delightful experience here Read More...
Holy Fool Wannabe
15 February 08 02:38 AM | Beth Patterson | 3 Comments   
I got a delightful kick in my pants early this morning from some new spiritual firends! I've been in communication with Helen Mildenhall who hosts a wonderful site dedicated to Christian dialogue called "Conversation at the Edge". This is how the site Read More...
Music Fruit Trees
09 December 07 03:49 AM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
A sister site to Virtual Tea House... Crossroads Dispatches. This one is on fire. Especially taken by Evelyn's blog post from yesterday, "Music Fruit Trees" And a quote that speaks to my heart about the power of story, quoted in another recent post on Read More...
Shards of light
08 December 07 05:47 AM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
After Apple Picking by Robert Frost My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree Toward heaven still. And there's a barrel that I didn't fill Beside it, and there may be two or three Apples I didn't pick upon some bough. But I am done with apple-picking Read More...
If you build it, they will come!
23 September 07 06:45 AM | Beth Patterson | 2 Comments   
As members of the Central Oregon Community Fire Circle sat around the fire in my backyard last night and shared sweetness, pain, laughter and large doses of love, I was thinking about the meaning of 'church'. A couple of the members of the community, Read More...
Keeping the fire burning
01 June 07 02:49 AM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
Note from the May 27-28 All Night Fire Circle The Central Oregon Fire Circle Community had an all-night fire circle on May 27-28 (Memorial Day weekend). We focused our circle on the topic of ‘ancestors’, and had a lovely dialogue about our physical, animal Read More...
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What's tea got to do with it?
05 April 07 04:37 PM | Beth Patterson | 2 Comments   
As the host of the Virtual Tea House , I'm being asked to tell a little about myself (see my bio at the end of this post) and talk more about the purpose of the website* . Over the next few days/weeks, I'll be doing just that, and will continue to invite Read More...
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