Life is a Workshop
“Life is a workshop; the crafting of our soul is our own work to do. We are all pieces of creation, of clay, into which we are asked to breathe life. It is ours to work that clay.” ~ Dee Dee Risher in The Soulmaking Room Work that clay… Not, take that clay to the gym and […]
In a breath, out a prayer
*As you inhale, breathe in God’s love. As you exhale, let go of anything blocking that love. . . . . Cool. Crisp. Moist. Expansive Stretching Full Hold it Hold it Can’t. Won’t. Must! Hissssss His. * Karla M. Kincannon, in Creativity and Divine Surprise.
Putting Practice into Play is Easier and Harder than We Think
I was told “Practice makes perfect,” so my defiant younger self quipped, “Practice makes perfect, but no one’s perfect, so why practice?” That was a) to hide my fear of being imperfect, b) to distract people from seeing all the practicing I was doing and c) to excuse myself in case that practice didn’t work. (and […]
What have you kept?
It’s a season of subtracting for me. I’ve spent a lifetime accumulating. Collecting books, papers, files, friends, travels, vehicles, a home, a church, jobs and a few paychecks. I have a lot, just not a lot to show for it. I invested a lot of myself in the doing, but from the distance of years, it diminishes. I rifle through boxes of […]
Use it or Lose It, It’s Biblical!
Use it or lose it! We didn’t invent the phrase. It’s been around for generations, maybe for millenia. My Grandfather, though I never knew him to lift a weight or go for a jog, applies the adage to a quite familiar, but hard to swallow, parable which concludes… I tell you, to all those who have, […]
I’m there if you need me
Even the least of us must do our part… How often do you run into an Einstein, Beethoven or Karl Barth? Someone has said such people are like four-leaf clovers, but what really keeps the pastures green, the cows fed, and the bees happy is the vastly more numerous ordinary, run-of-the-mill, three-leaf variety.* I’ve got […]
The Dance of Life
Gliding, flowing, streaming across the surface, without effort without care without fear, she slides along. The ice is slick, but, on razor’s edge, she is balanced and strong. Her blade is firm, posture sturdy, confidence in full bloom. Leaping, landing, forward and backing, running, jumping, dancing and whirling, spinning, stopping, pure delight. Shall we dance? […]
Kinesthetic Christian: Write, Rest, or Revise?
Dear friends, May I call you that? You, who faithfully (or only occasionally) read what I write here at the Kinesthetic Christian? I regularly struggle with what it means, and what I mean, when I say I am a kinesthetic Christian. It is easier to say what I don’t mean: I don’t mean you have […]
Perfectly Proportioned
It’s empty now.Empty of the thimble that belonged to Momand the fragile figurine. Gone is thetiny pot with matching tea cups,spattered in blue paint. And themini toilet seat with lifting lid. Even the infant starfishthat accidentally tagged alongin our dive bag is somewhere’s else.So many treasures,gone missing orset aside for later days. It’s empty now.As […]
The View
Mesmerizing, this small, sprightly sparrow, as he (or she) hops, perches, steps, sidles, then leaps, flaps, lands. Exploring twig to twig branch to branch, bridging tree to tree. A car approaches, hesitating at the intersection. “Doesn’t she have something better to do with her time?” I can imagine its driver is saying of me. This is […]