Holding Opposites – July 9, 2021
“One of the most subtle ways to avoid imitating someone is to put them on a pedestal, above and apart from us. When you accept that Jesus was not merely divine but human as well, you can begin to see how you are not separate from Jesus. Open yourself to recognizing the great paradoxes within […]
Already Equipped – July 5, 2021
“You are already a child of God, equipped with everything you need to begin resonating with the divine. That does not mean you are morally or psychologically perfect. Not at all. But you will now have the freedom to see such failings in yourself, to grow and to love better because of them.” –Richard Rohr, […]
A Communal Worldview – June 22, 2021
“The delight in hearing one’s own voice is lethal to religion. Religion used to be, and still is for some, a communal worldview about ultimate reality, with the resultant communal rituals and ethics. In most earlier societies, all the people who lived in the same locale endured the same natural disasters, survived the same plagues. […]
Bakerwoman God – June 16, 2021
“Bakerwoman God, I am your living bread, strong, brown Bakerwoman God. I am your low, soft, and being-shaped loaf. I am your rising bread, well kneaded by some divine and knotty pair of knuckles, by your warm earth hands. I am bread well-kneaded. Put me in fire, Bakerwoman God, put me in your own bright […]