Life-Line
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Today's Life-Line is:
We would rather be ruined than changed,
We would rather die in dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.
~ W. H. Auden Read more [...]
Tag Archives: Transformation
Abandon — A Prayer
Abandon(An Advent, or is it Good Friday, Prayer)
O Darkness,my companion,my surprise,when all else failed,when there was no one to be found,or to find me, you were there.Like a mother swaddling her child,you wrapped me up, drew me close.I Read more [...]
Soul Making
It takes three things to attain a sense of
significant being:
God
A Soul
And a Moment.
And the three are always here.
(Abraham J. Heschel, Insecurity of Freedom, 84)
There is a word that has made a comeback the last dozen years or so. Maybe Read more [...]
Can the Word Christian Be Saved?
Continued from (March 3: A Word to the Wise – Christening)
A college friend of mine had a particular repetitive fondness for the jocular quip, “You and I have a strange and wonderful relationship (dramatic pause): You’re kind of strange and I’m Read more [...]
A Word to the Wise — Christening
Christening [kris-uh-ning]
Instead of mapping out a schedule of predetermined words and dates for A Word to the Wise, I usually wait, in the spirit of lectio divina, until a word seems to be waving to get my attention like a pedestrian hailing a cab. Read more [...]
End of Year Reflections
Note: I have decided to upload this [edited and abridged] end-of-the-year letter to the H&H community in the hopes that it might have something of value to those outside this gathered community. Our focus for the year was "Embracing Life, Engaging Read more [...]
Engaging Life, Embracing Death: Part II
“Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too Read more [...]
Resistance to Change
TWO QUOTES FOR REFLECTION
The most valued lover, the most valuable parent, the most valued friend, the most valuable ‘wilderman,’ is the one who wishes to learn. Those who are not delighted by learning, those who cannot be enticed into new ideas Read more [...]
Good Friday: Daring to Let the Darkness Speak
Joy and woe are woven fine,
A clothing for the Soul divine;
Under every grief and pine
Runs a joy with silken twines.
From “Auguries of Innocence” ~ William Blake
“But the thing is, you know you can’t have like a light
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A Prodigal Love
Saturday of the 2nd Week of Lent Lk. 15:11-32
The lectionary readings these last few days have juxtaposed vivid, earthy stories and texts that show, on the one hand, human ignominy, deviousness, jealousy, and malice, and on the other hand, human integrity, Read more [...]