Baaaaaaaaa
This afternoon I was minding my own business, while walking down a narrow but busy street, when all of a sudden I heard the loud baaaaaaing of a goat. I quickly looked around,… Continue reading
Backward/Forward
This morning I woke up to a radio documentary about the coming of the smart engery grid in Europe. It excited me that there could be such an interconnectedness of systems, so that… Continue reading
Thoughts on 9/11 protests
I must admit that I’m disappointed in those protesting the mosque that is to be built near the WTC site, especially the Christians who are riding this wave of anger toward Muslims.(I’m not… Continue reading
The Church Next Door
Sanan and I decided to visit the church next door this Sunday morning. When the bells rang at 10h30(which are just outside our kitchen window) we walked around the corner, through the wooden… Continue reading
Non-seedless grapes
The beauty of non-seedless grapes (that’s grapes with seeds for those who have trouble with double negatives) is that you have to slow down, think about each grape, treat each grape as an… Continue reading
Greenbelt Festival 2010
I had a great time at the Greenbelt festival this year. Here are some links to the things I was most impressed by. Zic Zazou – 9 French guys dressed like blue-collar workers… Continue reading
The Great Emergence
I’m attending THE GREAT EMERGENCE in Memphis, Tennessee. http://www.thegreatemergence.com It is based around Phyllis Tickle’s book by the same title. There will be other great speakers such as Peter Rollins from Belfast, Doug… Continue reading
The Cloud of Unknowing
I’m re-reading the classic The Cloud of Unknowing. I’d like to present some of the stuff I’m finding… PHRASES I LIKE “…He kindled your desire with the greatest grace and attached to it… Continue reading
Cycical Theory of History
Yesterday I was reading about the novel Finnegans Wake, which is based around the cyclical theory of history as developed by philosopher Giambattista Vico in 1725. Vico saw that history passes through four… Continue reading
A Mid-Winter Prayer
From the rising of the midwinter sun to its setting Scatter the darkness with the light of your love, O Shining One. Make me short on mean thoughts, long on offering words of… Continue reading
Labyrinth v.4.1
OK…here’s one more. This is a spiral that expands. It also has lots of little yellow wild flowers. Nice! The picture is after its second cut. Also I had a wonderful conversation with… Continue reading
3rd Labyrinth
On Monday morning I made my third guerrilla labyrinth, this on a spiral in a very public place…along the Lachine Canal, just west of Atwater. It is just along side a this very… Continue reading
A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong
I picked this book up at the Grande Biblioteque Nationale and had it read by the next morning. It gives you a huge, huge picture of humanity and religion (or myth) with out… Continue reading
Labyrinth v.2.0
I mowed my second labyrinth near the first one in the woods, however this one is a classic square design in the grass. I hope to borrow Ron’s engraving tool and engrave some… Continue reading
Guerrilla Labyrinth
I have been inspired by Johnny Bakers blog post on mowing a labyrinth. So I bought a hand push mower yesterday on Craig’s list, fixed it up a bit and started mowing my… Continue reading
Henri Nouwen on Leadership
While at my daughters house I picked up this little book, In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen and read it one morning. He gives insight into what he learned from his… Continue reading
Celtic Hospitality
copied from a Crofter’s door in Wales… Hail guest, we know not whom thou art. If friend, we greet thee with hand and heart, If stranger, such no longer be, If foe, our… Continue reading
Reflection / / / Rant on the Kingdom
The following is my reflection or rant on Mark 1:15. Many have used this verse to develop a healthier view of the message which Jesus preached "the kingdom of God". I have used… Continue reading
On the concept of Christian perfection
In the book Toward the Future, Teilhard de Chardin throws in some nice little illustrations that have become very helpful to me in graphically showing that the kingdom of God is not some… Continue reading
Toward the Future
I’m reading through Theilhard de Chardin’s book Toward the Future. I wasn’t expecting to get much out of it, to tell the truth, but I am. I hope to make a few post… Continue reading
The Complex Christ Chapter 5 – Christ in the City
by Kester Brewin The Christian story of the city can be traced back to Genesis 4, soon after Adam and Eve tumbled from Eden and, in troubled family isolation, brother killed brother. When… Continue reading
Emergence
Christ’s emergence as a baby, born into a specific culture and a particular time, is an archetype for change. We must stop. Wait. Allow God God’s freedom and let the old pass away.… Continue reading
The Complex Christ – chapter 2: Incarnation
Incarnation “Having waited, waited, waited for so long, the anticipation building, the hype and rumour and false Messiahs, and all the while things getting worse with occupations and punitive taxations and military machinations….… Continue reading