Joy
It is October and my heart is suddenly enflamed with the simple joy of change. The leaves of the trees are crisper and now beginning to rustle in the breezes. Some leaves have already let go and are brightening the landscape with spots of red and gold. Firewood, apple cider, cinnamon whisks, and pumpkins appear […]
Preparing the Vineyard
Yearly recommitment is a Church of the Saviour tradition. It creates a period of questioning, of pruning away what doesn’t work, and attending to what does. It makes space for stepping out of a mission group or stepping into deeper commitment to the community, for examining our level of giving — and receiving. Consideration of […]
Good Intentions
The older I get, the more I notice how often I fail to live up to my commitments, how often I say that I will do one thing and end up doing something quite different, how often I am unwilling or unable to make good on my promises to myself as well as to others. […]
Purpose and Possibility
To threaten the order of things, pushing against how they’ve always been, is dangerous business. The enlightened ones, not trapped by chronological time or societal expectations, grow beyond the boundaries of how equality has been defined from age to age. Throughout all time, one’s culturally focused fairness lens is largely accepted as gospel. Yet this […]