From the CCblogs Network Posts for April, 2012

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Maundy Thursday is for April Fools

Apr 05, 2012 by Debra Dean Murphy

Is it any wonder that since the beginning of the Jesus movement Christians have been suspected of doing strange things when they gather for their sacred rituals?

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What I won't forget

Apr 04, 2012 by James Calvin Schaap

The night Dr. Martin Luther King was shot, four of us--small-town white boys--followed the Gulf of Mexico's eastern shore on an all-night trek from south Florida to New Orleans. It was spring break, 1968, only a few months from the summer that seemed, even at the time, to change all of our lives.  Somewhere down south we heard of Dr.

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Needing a mentor, being a mentor

Apr 03, 2012 by MaryAnn McKibben Dana

Over my 12+ years in ministry, lay and ordained, I’ve had a number of nurturing and supportive mentors and guides—spiritual directors, coaches and professors. Now I’m ready for someone to scare the bejesus out of me. Or scare the Jesus into me.