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July 18, 2014

The Church Year

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July 18, 2014

Following the Lectionary in rhythm with the Church Year is a priestly practice of being Storytellers.

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July 18, 2014

Interpret the Word

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July 18, 2014

Interpreting the Word according to the Apostolic Rule of Faith is a prophetic practice of embodying the Word as Pattern-Keepers.

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July 17, 2014

Observe the Constitution

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July 17, 2014

Observing Basileia's Constitution is a kingly practice of being Overcomers.

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July 9, 2014

Listen

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July 9, 2014

An imaginative and creative wisdom kindles within us a bold humility to listen to the Word and discover in the mystery of the Father’s will how to walk dangerous paths that must be taken to overcome evil with good.

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Journey

Our passion to know the fullness of the Father’s pleasure to unite all things in Christ inspires us to journey with Christ to the Mountain to speed the transformation of our good, bountiful but broken world.

Assemble

Our convergence with the three historic streams of the Church through Communio Christiana authorizes us to assemble as forerunners of the Kingdom who proclaim justice to all peoples.

Listen

Govern

Our empowerment to press on to maturity in relation to God, ourselves, others and creation flows as we govern from the Table in anointed ways that bring chivalric justice to victory.

Serve

The transformation of individuals, society and creation from glory to glory joyfully compels us to serve the Church and the world with a courageous, persevering and tenacious resolve to form communities that shine like the sun as colonies of heaven on earth.

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October 8, 2015

Project Elrond

October 8, 2015

For mortals, fantasy isn’t real but pretend. But fantasy in the hands of faithful immortals is the power of sanctified imagination to fuse thought and action and build worlds in the language of poetry, epic story, ceremony, liturgy, and ritual.

October 8, 2015

September 24, 2015

A Great Music

September 24, 2015

The more I immerse myself in the universal language of myth and legend the more alive Scripture becomes, the more mystically transformative the sacraments and the Liturgy become, and the more clear the speaking of the Holy Spirit becomes.

September 24, 2015

September 10, 2015

Embodying God

September 10, 2015

Giving ourselves to the epic quest of embodying God in our leprous bodies is how we exhaust evil.

September 10, 2015

August 26, 2015

Waybread of Elves

August 26, 2015

The Father’s language is way more wild, controversial, deeply mystical, and outright outrageous than mortal minds can handle. Thus, to hear and learn from the Father we must first eat what Tolkien calls lembas, the waybread of Elves.

August 26, 2015

August 6, 2015

Change Your World!

August 6, 2015

Both the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Satan, like white and black pieces on a chessboard, are at war over whose world system shall rule creation.

August 6, 2015

July 23, 2015

Colony of Heaven

July 23, 2015

The Church on earth is a colony of heaven’s citizens commissioned to heavenize earth.

July 23, 2015

July 9, 2015

Jane Austen Rules!

July 9, 2015

Romantic fiction and science fiction give us the key that puts into proper perspective rulings like those of late by the U.S. Supreme Court redefining marriage. The key? Heroism.

July 9, 2015

June 25, 2015

The Politics of Worship

June 25, 2015

History belongs to worshipers of Emperor Jesus. You can’t get more political than that.

June 25, 2015

June 11, 2015

The Empire of God

June 11, 2015

The Roman Empire didn’t have a problem with Christian believers, but with Christian worshipers.

June 11, 2015

May 27, 2015

Game On!

May 27, 2015

It doesn't matter if you're sailing a boat, smacking a tennis ball, kicking a football, climbing 8,000 meter peaks, playing chess, or drinking Christ’s blood from a chalice served by a priest in the Eucharistic worship of the Church. We’re all playing the same game for the same prize.

May 27, 2015

May 14, 2015

The Drug of Immortality

May 14, 2015

Providentially, only two days before watching the movie, Lucy, for the first time in my life I encountered the phrase, “the drug of immortality,” but not from a Hollywood scriptwriter.

May 14, 2015

April 28, 2015

The Physics of Spirituality

April 28, 2015

Spiritualistic and materialistic notions of the world are scandalous. They both suffer from an underdeveloped sense of the Resurrection as an accomplished fact. The image of God in us isn’t just a “spiritual” reality, but also one for the physics books.

April 28, 2015

April 16, 2015

Faith in Humanity

April 16, 2015

Having faith in God doesn’t magically make the world a better place. Having God’s faith in humanity does.

April 16, 2015

April 2, 2015

Circle Me, Lord

April 2, 2015

"Circle me, Lord." The First Adam didn’t pray this way nor invite his wife to join him in such a prayer. However, the Second Adam does pray this way and invites his bride, the Church, to join Him in praying this way too.

April 2, 2015

March 19, 2015

Something Big's Happening

March 19, 2015

Forbidden fruit never satisfies. The more we eat, the hungrier we get. We’re at a turning point. Something big’s happening. We’re losing a taste for formulas. The prodigal son is coming to his senses.

March 19, 2015

March 7, 2015

The Convergence Movement

March 7, 2015

Arising out of a common desire and hunger to experience the fullness of Christian worship and spirituality, the Convergence Movement seeks to blend or merge the essential elements in the Christian faith represented historically in three major streams of thought and practice: the Charismatic, Evangelical/Reformed and Liturgical/Sacramental.

March 7, 2015

March 3, 2015

What's Your Value?

March 3, 2015

As a Soul Friend, Tim is forming a colony of heaven on earth by giving people a place to belong in order to believe instead of requiring them to believe before they can belong.

March 3, 2015

February 15, 2015

Dangerous Paths Taken

February 15, 2015

In all great stories, there is a point where the hero and his or her friends make a costly choice. Contrary to the instinct for self-preservation, they take dangerous paths into the heart of darkness to destroy evil and save the world.

February 15, 2015

January 21, 2015

The Joy of Worship

January 21, 2015

The mission to restore all things is the spirit and pattern of liturgical Eucharistic worship. Replacing the Fallen World System with the Kingdom of God is the joy of worship.

January 21, 2015

To Hell With Hell, Not the Church

January 21, 2015

Subcultural and countercultural forms of denominationalism effectively say yes to Hades and to hell with the Church. Kingdomculture dares to say yes to the Church and to hell with hell.

January 21, 2015

October 21, 2014

Running Our Own City

October 21, 2014

When we’re about the ultimate business of running our own city, we no longer “go to church” or “go to work” or “go to the store” or “go to school” as exiles, but go from Church into our own city to embody the Kingdom of God in our various specialized vocational callings seven days a week.

October 21, 2014

September 24, 2014

Kingdom Superheroes Spirituality

September 24, 2014

Our destiny, your destiny, my destiny is to shine like the sun in the kingdom of the Father. Dare to imagine that. Dare to imagine becoming by Grace what God is by nature. As St. Athanasius says, Christ became “incarnate” so we might be “ingodded.”

September 24, 2014

August 10, 2014

Men and Women: Part 1

August 10, 2014

The covenantal nature of mankind as created in God’s image with both an individual and collective nature is foundational to understanding the nature of male-female equality and the nature of male headship, respectively.

August 10, 2014

Men and Women: Part 2

August 10, 2014

The Covenantal view of how men and women exercise individual and collective governance is an area of profound confusion today.

August 10, 2014

August 9, 2014

Being Ministerial

August 9, 2014

In addition to the false dichotomy between “local church” and “mission church” we also face a great challenge in the false dichotomy between individual freedom and collective order in membership.

August 9, 2014

Canons: Introduction

August 9, 2014

Basileia's Canons are the ecclesiastical standards by which we govern ourselves in unity with and accountability to Christ and His Church.

August 9, 2014

Canons: Jurisdictions

August 9, 2014

Six ecclesial jurisdictions give expression to our charism: • The Alliance • Communities • Fellowships • Abbeys • Societies • Chapters

August 9, 2014

Canons: Membership

August 9, 2014

Friends and guests are invited and welcome to participate in the life of Basileia.

August 9, 2014

Canons: Deacon Councils

August 9, 2014

Diaconal functions of member formation in general and of the Catechumenate and of the Novitiate in particular are led and administered by Basileia’s Deacon Councils.

August 9, 2014

Canons: Presbyter Councils

August 9, 2014

Forming jurisdictions, guarding Constitutional and Eucharistic boundaries and administering membership rites is the responsibility of Basileia’s Presbyter Councils.

August 9, 2014