The Impossible Now–Part Three

…we build Emergency Rooms…

Of course this doesn’t stop the im/possible from occurring again. Wildcard futures, the unexpected and unpredicted, keep on happening; but just not in the same way. If we can count on them, they are no longer miraculous; they would have crystallized into just another part of the natural world. The im/possible, [...]

A Year End Jumble

I’ve been reading an incredibly hopeful and life giving book by an Episcopal priest called “ReImagining Christianity: Reconnecting Your Spirit Without Disconnecting Your Mind“.  Allow me to say that while I read MANY good books-rarely do I read books that our FOR me.  This book is one of the latter.  It has been rich in [...]

Creation unfolding

My friend Peter Illyn from Restoring Eden, a Christian environmental group, talks about the wonder of creation.  In a society as disconnected from the dirt as we are, it is easy to lose that sense of overwhelming wonder.  What’s more is that the argument over origins and ancient texts has so dominated the vocabulary of [...]

Early Morning Hymnal

  I’ve been starting my mornings and then continuing my days with poetry. Poems tend to hint at things that can’t be seen straight on.  They elucidate the hazy feeling of Being.  I for one struggle through them, feeling confined by their lines, symmetry, and schemes; only to be opened up to another world in reflection. Here are [...]

Hanging

No great epiphanies on this post…
It’s interesting, after over ten years of pursuing the church in a certain stream with definitive next steps, ambitions, anticipations and dreams, Jessie and I find ourselves downshifting into a new gear.
Uncertain about next steps, no specific ambitions to build or borrow, no form and function to protect and invest [...]

Possiblities vs Guarentees

I just got a puppy.  I know…stupid move right?  Well, you’re probably right.  Honestly, the sleepless nights, the random “accidents”, and needing the patience of Job to cope with his mischief have me second guessing the whole transaction.  Ah well…  Still, we picked a great breed.  If you’ve ever researched dogs you know that breeds [...]

Relevant or Peculiar?

If we are to become wombs of the divine, then what we give birth to will not only take a great deal of careful nurturing but will also be very specific to the culture and the place where it is born.  In order to reach humanity, God had to re-emerge and be reborn into human [...]

God…Evolve…

Jack Miles, a noted ex-Jesuit author, in his extraordinary Pulitzer prize winning book “God: A Biography” presents the God of the Old Testament.  He examines YHWH from an entirely literary context, as if the Lord described were a character in a novel.  Miles applies the logic that every great character must adapt and change, and [...]

Sigur Ros New Album…and living uncritically

Right now I’m sitting listening to “Ara batur” (Track 6) off of the Icelandic band, Sigur Ros’ new album.  For those of you who don’t know who Sigur Ros is…I encourage you to check them out.  They have a way of transcending.
I remember when I first heard their anthemic melodies and the leadsinger’s chirping choir [...]

The New Conspirators…

I got a call from Tom Sine today…he wrote this amazing book called “The New Conspirators“…several months ago Jessie and I had gone to the conference of the same name. What’s interesting is that this conference and the connections made there have set events into motion in our life together that are hugely impacting (and [...]