Transparent but not invisible
I don’t know much about art. The arts appreciation sessions of my youth were probably mostly lost on me. Oh, I can describe what I see: the colors, the form, the brush strokes, the character, his expression, her touch. Perhaps, if the artist is clever I can even sense three dimensions even though the canvas […]
Created lopsided
Have you ever noticed that the “come to me” motion (internal rotation at the elbow) is easier than the “you go ahead” motion (external rotation at the elbow)? I did this morning as I was using my rubber tubing to strengthen the muscles of my rotator cuff. (around the shoulder) Turn sideways, hold the handles […]
Looking at life through reading glasses
Opened the front door to let the dog in and I took a deep breath of the fresh air. Ahhh. Just look at… Ugh. I forgot I had my reading glasses on. The distance is a muddle of light and color. One thing indistinguishable from another. But up close, now that I can see clear as […]
What is a Kinesthetic Christian, please?
How do you describe who you are? What you do…okay. Where you came from, where you live, what you produce, who’s in your family…all okay. But who you are gets to the root of things. It forces you to assess the why and the how and to reflect on what makes you tick and what […]
The high fly ball of Inspiration
The deadline for the Lenten Devotional looms. The editors are EXPECTing my submission. But inspiration just won’t come. That’s the thing about inspiration…you just can’t force it. In fact, the harder I try, the less of it I seem to have. Still, it doesn’t seem right to just sit here. Waiting. As if a lightning […]
Born to Cheat
Photo credit: Roger May I always look for the shortcut. You know, the easy way. The way around. Why would I bother taking the long road when there is a perfectly good way to cut the corner that would make it so much easier? And quicker. I am just being efficient here. Blazing a new […]
Dream Big
Child’s play. An innocent toss turns to intentional heft. Land it just so. Not in, but on. Along. The smooth, flattened stones go further — touching, touching, touching…gone. one…two…three..four.five. Five! I got five! I can do better, Hand me another. Where? Where are the better stones? Which? Which are the best stones? Weight. Trajectory. Angle. […]
Starting at the Finish is Cheating
Pardon me, dear friends of the Kinesthetic Christian. I have been traveling with my family and then came home to a whirlwind of preparation for a call scheduled with a book publisher. He is interested. I fear I must shift my time a bit from the regular KC posting. This is hard because I love […]
Where in Carnation is Christmas?
Twas the day after Christmas and all through the land the kids were glad to sleep in and the parents to sip their morning coffee and peruse the headlines. I’m always a bit melancholy on the day after Christmas. And that’s the way with anticipation fulfilled, right? Once you have it, what do you do with […]
On the Way
When Paul was flattened by a light and a voice on the road to Damascus, he listened. And in that moment, the world changed. Do we have a moment to stop, look and listen? This is the question I hear people around me chastising themselves with regularly. I really “should” find time to …. exercise, […]