tomorrow is my last day. more sad reflections to come. just packed, so tired…sorry i can’t write it all down right now. Rent, drinks and the Tricky Fish. mmm.
Archive for July, 2009
28 Jul
just being us
I was described once as a “shot in the arm.” Not altogether painful, but stinging and surprising. Not altogether scary when it happens, but anxious as it approaches. Hurtful for a moment, leaving peace afterward. Not something I came up with, I assure you. But not something I deny either. I am a nervous, compulsive, [...]
23 Jul
Harry Potter+Jedi=light of God.
I just read this article about how human bodies emit light. The glow to our skin is app. 1,000 times less than the naked eye can see, but nevertheless we are all glowing. You can check out the article for yourself (on the blogroll as “body light”). Now, as much as I am tempted to [...]
22 Jul
aluminum coated.
it is when i expect God and myself to come up with something to say that i cannot. expectation is a terrible feeling, it’s the realization that my shiny, new intellectual devices are not really plantinum like in the commercials but just aluminum coated, rusting away one layer at a time. pray for me and [...]
20 Jul
artist and Creator
Yesterday when Adam and I returned from our Cowboy Christmas adventure he showed me his make-shift workshop where he designed and shaped the stained glass for my birthday cabinet. He showed me how he cuts the glass and how he measures and smooths and manipulates the glass so that it becomes art. He taught me [...]
16 Jul
Merry Christmas (in July)
I am going on a little Christmas in July camping trip this weekend, so no internet. However, with or without wordpress I will use my time to reflect on the things around me. It’s just as Martin Luther once said, “God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in [...]
14 Jul
Steve Martin, Isaiah and God.
I read Steve Martin’s autobiography lately. In it he described comedy as “the art of making people laugh without making them puke.” I’ve been thinking about that, laughing without puking. To some the thought of puking as a result of laughter may seem impossible, but not to me. I like to laugh, deep, full belly [...]
12 Jul
“I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.”–Anne Lamott Thank God that we don’t have to understand. Happy Sunday Brothers, Sisters and otherwise.
10 Jul
Discovery vs. Invention
Two days ago I wrote a hurried piece about my passion for interfaith dialogue and interfaith work. I was merely two days ahead of the United Methodist Church. For those of you who don’t read the Upper Room let me fill you in. Today’s devotional found on the Upper Room website (http://www.upperroom.org/Devotional/) is about Jonah. [...]
9 Jul
What will I say?
In less than an hour I will meet with Rev. Bill Wilson, Assistant to the Bishop and my boss (indirectly). He wants to know “what my visions and dreams” are. What will I say? I’m rarely at a loss for words. And I’m suspecting that candidacy will come up in conversation as my visions and [...]
