the ice, not there yesterday, appeared overnight under the stars. i didn’t welcome it or reject it. it just formed from the embrace of the frozen air while i slept. they say that if you sink far enough the water rests a steady temperature. but today, on the surface, the water and ice will kill you fast. why did i think of my heart when i first laid eyes on you this morning? i know it’s because my heart often... Read more
Chogyam Trungpa in his excellent book, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, writes: There are numerous sidetracks which lead to a distorted, ego-centered version of spirituality; we can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spiritually when instead we are strengthening our ego-centricity through spiritual techniques. Read more
this is what my home studio looks like. a mess. the desk on the right is for writing and computer work, scanning, printing, etc. the desk on the left is for painting. there’s another desk off to the left behind the wall you can’t see that’s for packing paintings i sell online. plus lisa likes to throw stuff in there to get it outta site when friends come over. it really is too small for what i want to do... Read more
George Bernanos, in The Diary of a Country Priest, writes: God despises nothing. After all, if the deal has come off, Judas would probably have endowed sanitoriums, hospitals, public libraries or laboratories. Read more
i’m reading a really good book right now that was recommended to me by shane magee. it’s called how not to speak of god by peter rollins. in a section on heretical orthodoxy, he writes about derrida’s analogy of justice and law. the law means to be an expression of justice but always falls short: The law testifies to justice and is inspired by justice, yet justice is not found in the law. Justice cannot be spoken, for as soon... Read more
Eugene Peterson, in his book on Jeremiah, Run With the Horses, writes: What we do in secret determines the soundness of who we are in public. Read more
our demon dog abbey would like to wish you all a merry christmas. actually, she’s not always demonic. only when people first come to our house, she totally goes exorcist on us. she completely freaks. i’ve never seen her head spin, but i’m sure it does in the dark at the foot of our bed when we are sleeping. if there are other pastors out there who would like abbey, since she has been a member of our family living... Read more
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