I wanna be that kind of book
Pristine and new is overrated. I’d rather be the book people have paged through.
In Our Element: when work is play
All the work is worth it when it lands us in our element and it becomes play.
Designed to Do More than Reflect: Holy Refraction
We can do more than reflect the world back to itself. We can refract earthly things to embark on kingdom things.
What is it about poetry?
What is it about poetry that gets to us? that speaks to us? that opens our unhearing ears and unseeing eyes?
What makes art, art?
What makes art, art? worship, worship? beauty, beauty? is not of it but of us.
The human chain of life
I had a dream, under a cloud be-speckled blue sky that we all joined hands with our nearby neighbors, to the right and to the left, whose opinions, possibly, probably, almost certainly, differ from our own. Me with thee and thee with thou until we reached the end of the lane, the boundaries of the […]
kicking and kicking but going nowhere?
When it feels like our kicking and kicking is getting us nowhere, we may be surprised by what shows us we’re getting somewhere.
The day God danced, too
There must be extra joy in heaven when a life in rain and clouds finds the the first sunshine of a new day.
More than a view: the spiritual practice of noticing
Still before nature, the view up close is ever changing and we, with it.
Recovering rhythm
There’s been a schism; we’ve lost our rhythm. (it’s what we used to rely on the world to supply) What’s slowed our pace has nearly stopped our race. But hey, stay-at-home is not stuck alone. Turn up the volume, be inspired dial the inner music even higher. Let it lead you, even feed you. Feel […]