Category: Miscellaneous
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To become aware
I love Eugene Peterson’s response to this question: “What does it mean to experience all the material of our lives as a an act of faith?” That I’m responsible for paying attention to the Word of God right here in this locale. The assumption of spirituality is that always God is doing something before I…
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Lamb, bound
The following is a poetic reflection on the painting ‘Agnus Dei’ (1635-40) by Francisco de Zuburban. You, alone in the dark. You, crowned in light. You, slumped on the line where life meets death meets life. You, helpless, legs bound. With passive horns, lying in humility, demanding nothing. Me, still looking on. I, Judas. I,…
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The farmer's crop
Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. [Extract from ‘The Mad Farmer Liberation Front‘ by Wendell Berry] What we work for as success is rarely success. What outlasts us are rarely the things we imagined would. So in all our doing we…
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The right interpretation
“The right interpretation of the law is the one that produces love.” Augustine (Matthew 22:37-40)
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Only those
Only those who walk the paths know more than maps; Only those who enjoy the Presence can truly talk of God. (David Adam, Walking the Edges)
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Why write?
I will post somethng of my own soon. I have more some thoughts in my notebook that I’d like to post here. In the mean time here are some thoughts from Henri Nouwen on writing: Writing to Save the Day Writing can be a true spiritual discipline. Writing can help us to concentrate, to get…
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Holy energy
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 To reference Peterson – sometimes to understand the meaning of a word you have to understand the story in which it sits. In this case – meek – is first attributed to Moses (Jesus appears to be quoting Psalm 37 here, but the…
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Love, courage and wisdom
Love without courage and wisdom is sentimentality, as with the ordinary church member. Courage without love and wisdom is foolhardiness, as with the ordinary soldier. Wisdom without love and courage is cowardice, as with the ordinary intellectual. But the one who has love, courage and wisdom moves the world. Ammon Hennacy (Catholic activist 1893-1970)