Completely Engaged – Mar. 30, 2022
“This is the real secret of life―to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” ―Alan Watts, The Essence of Alan Watts, p. 146
God of the Present – Mar. 9, 2022
“I also came to see that I should not worry about tomorrow, next week, next year, or next century. The more willing I was to look honestly at what I was thinking and saying and doing now, the more easily I would come into touch with the movement of God’s Spirit in me, leading me […]
Moving Toward a Beloved Community – Dec. 10, 2021
“A prophet is someone who sees that this is not all there is, but is willing to face the fact that we are in a predicament, and it’s only as we co-participate with God, can we find ourselves moving in the direction of a beloved community.” –Walter Brueggemann and Kenyatta Gilbert, What Does It Mean To […]
We Too Can Be Prophets
I used to be the kind of Bible reader who would skim over names and places: Tiberius, Iturea, Lysanias, whatever. I would approach verses such as these* and simply read, ‘Long ago and far away, the word of God came to John…’ But reading this way misses what Luke was very explicitly trying to say: […]
