If you ask me, which you didn’t, Jesus was not interested in being a shepherd. In fact, I do not think Jesus saw himself as a shepherd and he definitely didn’t want to be the guy following along … [Read more...]
FYI: Evil is not the opposite of good
THE BAPTISMAL COVENANT “We will continue in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers.” Being: Lens Doing: Staying in Relationship “We will persevere … [Read more...]
Whose Glasses Are You Wearing?
Who gave you the glasses through which you see and interpret the world, your life, your relationships, your own value as a human being, and the value of other people to your life? Hopefully … [Read more...]
Discovering Holes In Our Differences To Explore Our Commonness
DENIM SPIRIT: Just like a cat…or a sea slug This column first appeared in The Finger Lakes Times, May 11, 2016 and was posted at … [Read more...]
Finding Your Place
Few things are as obnoxious and boring as actors talking about acting or writers writing about writing, especially when they go on at length about their challenges. Oh, and college professors: they … [Read more...]
We won’t encounter God in the past or the future
Summer arrived in mid-August. Perhaps it was the severity and length of last winter that so raised the expectations for summer that even the most sublime growing season could not fill the empty space … [Read more...]
Adapt (even Ritual) or Die
Born in late April in northern Vermont, my puppy’s first year of life was dominated by the coldest winter in recent memory. It was last winter when even life-long Vermonters were getting edgy about … [Read more...]
It Begins with a Place
To say that everyone needs ‘a place’ in which to be spiritual sounds absurd, and yet we do. To say that we need a ‘sacred place’ is simply ridiculous and true. It was long believed, and still is by … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: Spiritual practice has little to do with doctrine, rituals, stretching, or crystals
Spiritual practice has little to do with doctrine, rituals, stretching, or crystals “I like to find what’s not found at once, but lies within something of another nature…” From, “Pleasures” by … [Read more...]
Modernist Christian Spiritual Practice: Knowing the difference between ideas and God
From the moment Jesus breathed his last breath to 381 (probably three hundred and fifty years), Christianity was a highly conflicted movement of loosely affiliated followers of Jesus. As would happen … [Read more...]