Blessing – Sep. 3, 2021
“Within each struggle, there is a blessing waiting to happen. The biblical passage of Jacob struggling with a messenger of God is a symbolic story of our own struggle with the unwanted parts of our life. Allduring the long night (the darkness), Jacob wrestles with this unknown figure (our unwanted lifeexperiences). Jacob is wounded in […]
Sunrise – Jan. 20, 2021
Sunrise, as you enter the houses of everyone here, find us.We’ve been crashing for days, or has it been years.Find us, beneath the shadow of this yearning mountain, crying here.We’ve been sick with sour longings, and the jangling of fears.Our spirits rise up in the dark, because they hear,Doves in cottonwoods calling forth the sun.We struggled with […]
Budge Up a Bit – Nov. 25, 2020
“The Bible is a record of people struggling, with mixed results, to believe that God loves people that I find it hard to. The truth of the waterside is the voice from God to each and every one: ‘I’ve made you, look, you’re beautiful, you make me happy, now, don’t forget this when they act […]
The Need for Spiritual Medicine – Aug. 24, 2020
“Here on this side of eternity, we are asked to survive unsurvivable loss, and times of wailing, gnashing of teeth, heartbreak. It’s not a good system. If I was God’s West Coast representative, a job for which I am uniquely suited, I would have created an easier way through life, a way that made more […]
