‘Our Ugly Failure to Evolve’— On the Mystery of the Incarnation, after Newtown
“On the Mystery of the Incarnation” It’s when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the mind’s shell and enters the heart: not...
View ArticleBe Like the Hill: A Quote from Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry blew me away today. I’ve got a quote from him up at the Sabbath blog. Yesterday in worship each of us received a prayer word printed on a star-shaped piece of paper. Mine was Breathe....
View ArticleSabbath Molasses
My friend Becca passed this along to me. It’s a poem/prayer by Steve Garnaas-Holmes on his Unfolding Light blog. Go there. Yes… yes. I needed this. Today would have been my father’s 66th birthday. It...
View ArticleQuote for the Day: On the Tsunami and God’s Providence
Several people recommended that I read David Bentley Hart’s The Doors of the Sea, which is a theological reaction to the 2004 tsunami. The book has been rich as I contemplate an improvising God. It’s...
View ArticleWhen the World is Coming Apart
Attributed to Martin Luther, but unconfirmed. If someone knows the true source, let me know and I will change the graphic. ~ My blog practice during Lent is to Rest in the Words of Others. Interested...
View ArticleLast Night As I Was Sleeping
Read the full poem here. ~ My blog practice during Lent is to Rest in the Words of Others. Interested in original content? I will be writing short reflections each week on my email list.
View ArticleWhat’s Done Is Done
I use this quote in Sabbath in the Suburbs, and I have it posted on the bulletin board in my study. I try to let go of the unfinished work of my life when it is time to rest, or play, or sleep, or...
View ArticleThe City That Disappeared
“Many years ago, on this very spot, there was a beautiful city of fine houses and inviting spaces, and no one who lived here was ever in a hurry. The streets were full of wonderful things to see and...
View ArticleCookies Help Save Our Lives
This week’s Blue Room email reflection (subscribe here, though we’ll be going back to monthly-ish once Lent ends) was about the movie Stranger Than Fiction, one of my favorites. A friend and subscriber...
View ArticleNuggets from Anne Lamott
I got to hear Anne Lamott twice at the Festival of Faith and Writing. She was in classic Lamottian form, weaving many of her classic lines with some off-the-cuff stuff. Here are a few nuggets from my...
View Article