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earthen christian | silence | simplicity | sabbath | solitude | slowness | stillness | solidarity | finding god through all things
Mar 19, 2020 9 tweets 4 min read
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Hi All,
I’m back from Lenten hiatus after conversation with my Martha’s House co-founder.

As an online neo-monastic community, @marthahouse1041 is in a position to support the many who are isolated due to #COVIDー19 - a situation the world wasn’t in when Lent began.

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Our online resources are and have always been free. They include
- Martha’s House Daily Prayer: our Office book following 4 Offices over 7 days of the week;
- Martha Prays: our daily Podcast with the Psalm of the day following a 2 month cycle;

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Jul 28, 2019 13 tweets 4 min read
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My friend @C_Stroop posted the this post. I responded:

In this Christian Chaplain’s opinion, if a Christian Chaplain is proselytising then they are NOT doing the job of a Christian Chaplain.

Someone else chimed in with “...we’re called to spread the Gospel...”
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What follows is my response to that:

A Chaplain’s role is to be with a person in their time of need and provide spiritual and/or practical support without fear or favour. In other words...
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