Harmony of the Whole
Until this past Sunday we had not worshipped in the woods for two years. We had become accustomed to our hybrid church in-person and on Zoom. And yet, even though that technology would not be possible in the woods at Dayspring, the Spirit moved us to go. I knew my heart had withered in some way […]
Two Tables
I had a waking dream as I looked up from the stony field I was tilling, my nose so close to the grindstone, my focus on the seeds that I was turning loose. Squinting in the sunlight, I wondered aloud, “What exactly is it that I’m doing?” In the hustle and rush of this unpredictable […]
What If? – June 24, 2020
“What if we ceased to pledge our allegiance to the bottom line and stood, instead, with those who line the bottom?” ―Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
Longings – June 23, 2020
“Our culture is hostile only to the inauthentic living of the gospel. It sniffs out hypocrisy everywhere and knows when Christians aren’t taking seriously, what Jesus took seriously. It is, by and large, hostile to the right things. It actually longs to embrace the gospel of inclusion and nonviolence, of compassionate love and acceptance. Even […]
