Peter on Reading Genesis (part III)

Last updated on: July 11, 2014 at 11:38 am By Peter Bishop

Part I: A freaky little bookPart II: A Convergent Conversation / Small GodsPart III: The Human Face of God / And the LORD saw what He had made…Part IV: A few things missingPart V: An Evolving Covenant / The Initiatory ChallengePostscript: The Expulsion from EdenAfterward: Why does it matter? This series of posts began as entries in my journal, and I had some concerns that publishing them could seriously offend people. I’m glad to see that the comments so far... Read more

Peter on Reading Genesis (part II)

Last updated on: July 11, 2014 at 11:40 am By Peter Bishop

Part I: A freaky little bookPart II: A Convergent Conversation / Small GodsPart III: The Human Face of God / And the LORD saw what He had made…Part IV: A few things missingPart V: An Evolving Covenant / The Initiatory ChallengePostscript: The Expulsion from EdenAfterward: Why does it matter? Fair warning: I am a starry-eyed neophyte in the area of Old Testament theology. I’m reading the Hebrew Scriptures for the first time, and while I’m gobbling down several commentaries along... Read more

Peter on Reading Genesis (part I)

Last updated on: July 11, 2014 at 11:41 am By Peter Bishop

Part I: A freaky little bookPart II: A Convergent Conversation / Small GodsPart III: The Human Face of God / And the LORD saw what He had made…Part IV: A few things missingPart V: An Evolving Covenant / The Initiatory ChallengePostscript: The Expulsion from EdenAfterward: Why does it matter? I have begun a serious re-reading of the Bible. It’s been a while. I stopped being Christian rather precipitously about 25 years ago, and even back then, I was focused almost... Read more

Cat’s Spiritual Journey, Part XII: This Forgiveness Stuff

Last updated on: July 11, 2014 at 12:05 pm By Cat Chapin-Bishop

All posts in this series: Part I: Getting (and Losing) That Old Time Religion Part II: Coming Home Part III: The Fool’s Journey Part IV: The Underworld Part V: Seven of Cups Part VI: A Letter and a Kiss Part VII: Morticia Loves Gomez Part VIII: Nora Part IX: Felicia Hardy and the Tower of Babel Part X: When Babel Fell Part XI: Community 2.0 Part XII: This Forgiveness Stuff In some ways, what I have written on how my... Read more

Cat’s Spiritual Journey, Part XI: Community, 2.0 OR: How Do You Mend a Broken Heart?

Last updated on: July 11, 2014 at 12:05 pm By Cat Chapin-Bishop

All posts in this series: Part I: Getting (and Losing) That Old Time Religion Part II: Coming Home Part III: The Fool’s Journey Part IV: The Underworld Part V: Seven of Cups Part VI: A Letter and a Kiss Part VII: Morticia Loves Gomez Part VIII: Nora Part IX: Felicia Hardy and the Tower of Babel Part X: When Babel Fell Part XI: Community 2.0 Part XII: This Forgiveness Stuff This past weekend, Peter and I visited our old friends,... Read more

A Huge Sigh of Relief

Last updated on: July 3, 2008 at 12:43 pm By Cat Chapin-Bishop

I am so massively relieved to have finally put up Part X of the Spiritual Journey series, I actually feel a bit dizzy. I’ve honestly been working on that sucker since October–October!–and I’ve lost track of how many drafts I’ve thrown out over the months. It’s been hanging over my head like an unkept promise the whole time. And to think I started this project last summer because I thought it would make an easy series of writing prompts! Just... Read more

Cat’s Spiritual Journey, Part X: When Babel Fell

Last updated on: July 11, 2014 at 12:04 pm By Cat Chapin-Bishop

All posts in this series: Part I: Getting (and Losing) That Old Time Religion Part II: Coming Home Part III: The Fool’s Journey Part IV: The Underworld Part V: Seven of Cups Part VI: A Letter and a Kiss Part VII: Morticia Loves Gomez Part VIII: Nora Part IX: Felicia Hardy and the Tower of Babel Part X: When Babel Fell Part XI: Community 2.0 Part XII: This Forgiveness Stuff Now the whole world had one language and a common... Read more

Lifestyle Changes OR: How my Kitchen Sink and my Gall Bladder are Conspiring to Save the World

Last updated on: June 28, 2008 at 10:55 am By Cat Chapin-Bishop

I am a typical American in so many ways. I battle a waistline that bulges as a result of my ready access to so many edible goodies. And I produce more than my share of carbon and other waste, as a result of my ready access to so many consumer goodies. Both my body and my carbon footprint suffer the effects of that American disease, affluenza. I’m not especially good at battling either one. I’ve gained weight over the years.... Read more

Lifting Rocks

Last updated on: June 22, 2008 at 6:02 pm By Cat Chapin-Bishop

I spent most of today’s meeting for worship lifting rocks. That may not sound very much like worship, or very much like fun, but, in fact, it was both. Here’s how it went: Very often, when I enter the meeting room at Mt. Toby, I pause a moment just inside the door, and let the richness of the waiting silence rise up in me. For just a moment, I like to savor the sense of standing at the edge of... Read more

Growing Together in the Light: Spontaneous Thanks

Last updated on: June 17, 2008 at 6:28 pm By Cat Chapin-Bishop

One of my favorite bloggers, though his posts are not so frequent as I might wish, is Will T., of Growing Together in the Light. Today, scrolling randomly through the lists of places my visitors came from on their way to my blog, I encountered a link to a post of Will’s I hadn’t read before, from 2006. I haven’t anything to add to it, or any insightful comment or anecdote to carry it into some new territory. But I... Read more