#Love is the key. #mlk #opendoors #rethingreality #ccu PC: Greer Snyder As I consider the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., I am reminded that prophets throughout history stand outside of time because they stand in a reality that is timeless: love. A love that is concerned for the well-being of all peoples. A love…
read moreHoly Trinity, open my eyes to specific ways I can make space, loosen control, so another might repossess the dignity the world has commandeered.
read moreRecently, I came across an article about a brilliant campaign: #droptheplus (droptheplus.org). The article features a couple of lovely models that look like real people. Beautiful. And real. The campaign is one of many that are making a genuine attempt to change the way that the world perceives beauty—and, the function of the female form.…
read moreIn a recent TIME Magazine article covering the Bernie Sanders campaign, a supporter of the movement summarized, “The end goal is to build a political movement that pushes beyond whatever the campaign is or does.” The article describes Sanders’ approach in this way: He has volunteers eager to be involved in 47 states from Alabama…
read moreI so appreciate what Howie has done here to highlight the importance of seeing the unique character of imago dei–one Spirit; yet, many gifts, cultures, languages….
read moreI wrote this on Good Friday last year. The video meditation on the Stations of the Cross from a Liberation Theology perspective is worth revisiting on this Good Friday. I pray you find it as meaningful and, perhaps, convicting as I do. Follow Jesus with me in the way of the Cross.
read moreQuiche Lorraine Pi Pi (3.14159265 . . .) is the mathematical term that expresses the circumference of a circle as a ratio of slightly more than three times the diameter of a circle. Diameter recalls the linear nature of time as we experience and perceive it. That the circumference is about three times the diameter,…
read morePeace occurs when time and space are suspended. I do not mean an escape from reality. Rather, peace comes when what looks and feels like reality—the unrelenting rush of time transporting me, helpless to obey—is revealed for what it is: an illusion. The thunder in the wind that rushes past as I wonder at the…
read moreFormed from dust of the earth. Julian of Norwich enters the room (tomb) reserved for the Anchorite, yet for Julian, the symbolism becomes rather meaningless except for the time and space it provides for God’s clarifying presence. The visions and subsequent revelations instruct Julian that the cross itself is not a symbol to revere. The…
read moreI just read a beautiful description of the mission of Christ (though, not explicit) from a postmodern marketing guru, Seth Godin:Gardens, not buildingsGreat projects start out feeling like buildings. There are architects, materials, staff, rigid timelines, permits, engineers, a structure.It works or it doesn’t.Build something that doesn’t fall down. On time.But in fact, great projects,…
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