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Author: Anton

Help us launch a new community

August 28, 2022October 1, 2022 Anton1 Comment

Casa Alterna is launching a new community in the city of Atlanta where asylum seekers and U.S. citizens can live together and exercise their communal gifts of hospitality, compassion, and solidarity.

Posted in asylum, Atlanta Mennonite Church, HospitalityTagged asylum seekers, Atlanta, community, Hospitality

On prophets and “pastorcitos”

July 15, 2022August 12, 2022 Anton2 Comments

I hope little Israel knows that I see that of God in him.

Posted in accompaniment, asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, Children, essay, hope, Hospitality, housing, immigrants, UncategorizedTagged asylum seekers, Children, Hospitality, Quakers

Hospitality is the gift of a mirror

July 9, 2022July 10, 2022 Anton1 Comment

Hospitality is a spiritual practice that reveals what our hearts believe.

Posted in accompaniment, asylum, Black Lives Matter, hope, Hospitality, immigration detention, UncategorizedTagged faith, God, Hospitality, self-reflection

Crucified

April 15, 2022April 10, 2022 Anton1 Comment

I find grounding in knowing that God grieves and identifies with my suffering. 

Posted in UncategorizedTagged cross, crucifix, cruicifixion, Good Friday, Holy Week, Red Letter Christians

Love one another

April 14, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

When suffering comes, how do we respond?

Posted in Lent, loveTagged Love one another, resentment, transformation

Betray Christ?

April 13, 2022April 9, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

"One of you will betray me." - Jesus at the Last Supper Could you betray Christ? I could. When Jesus made this pronouncement, every disciple wondered if they were the betrayer. Surely Peter thought it was him.  No one guessed Judas. I mean, he’d just gone to town to either buy bread or give money… Continue reading Betray Christ? →

Posted in contemplation, Lent, UncategorizedTagged betrayal, Holy Week, Judas

Forget Propriety

April 12, 2022July 10, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

Altar. Kneel. Wafer. Uh-oh.

Posted in LentTagged Children, Communion, Holy Week, Humor

Extravagant solidarity

April 11, 2022April 9, 2022 Anton1 Comment

“You always have the poor with you; when you treat them with the extravagance of Mary, you do so unto me.”

Posted in UncategorizedTagged generosity, John 12, Red Letter Christians, solidarity

Love-infused truth-telling (Lent 4C)

April 9, 2022July 10, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

I read in my town’s local newspaper about the drowning of a Guatemalan man in our area lake.

Posted in accompaniment, immigrants, LentTagged 2 Corinthians 5, death, work-related death

The Word is Near You (Lent 1C)

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

The Word is Near You (video): A Lenten sermon by Anton Flores-Maisonet.

Posted in Lent, UncategorizedTagged Casa Alterna, Colombia, Deuteronomy 26, Lent, Lent 1C, Luke 4, Peacemaking, Psalm 91, Romans 10, Sermon

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