I woke up to the news and the images of the airplanes being flown into the towers, and I haven’t been able to turn off the TV. I have no words… feeling shock, fear, horror, grief, disbelief, confused… bracing for
Go to the Limits of Your Longing by Rainer Maria Rilke God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out
As a spiritual leader of a small community of faith, I find assessing whether we are maturing to be a challenge. This may be totally nerdy but I’ve drafted, what I’m calling a “Community Profile“… it’s essentially a rubric to
Growth as a child of God; how is it measured? One of the metaphors I was raised with that no longer serves me is the metaphor I refer to as, ” the steady, uphill climb.” It’s the idea that though
I count myself among those richly blessed. My life is filled with connections that shape, challenge, encourage, emboldened, instruct, strengthen, walk alongside and in some instances endure. I’m not just talking about my partner and son, or my family of
I don’t recall when or where I was first introduced to the music of Claude Debussy, it was probably TV or film, but I do remember the first recording I purchased was when I was in high school. A cassette
From the birth of the church to today, the continuity and spread of the gospel has been dependant on the church passing leadership to the emerging generation. A cosmic relay race with eternal consequences and life altering ramifications. We can
North American culture is changing. So is church culture(s). Some have suggested that culture is reinventing itself at a faster pace than ever before… while none of us have lived at another time something inside me senses that this may
Recently I helped facilitate an “Emerging Leaders” conference sponsored by a modernist-mission denomination. All of the presenters/facilitators were asked the following questions, my responses are listed: Ministry Title? pastor / mystic / friend / artist / missionary / husband /
Within recent weeks I’ve been gaining greater clarity regarding who I am, or might be. Here’s my story… I grew up in a relatively stable family with strong moral values. Add to that the conservative/fundamentalist evangelical church of my youth
1975 was a big year for me. “Saturday Night Live” premiered. I started the first grade. Jaws came out, and I learned a new word. 1975 was the year that my dad’s dad, my grandfather was diagnosed with cancer. It
So I’m settling into the blog-thang. I thought I would try posting my own Top 10 list… good enough for David Letterman, good enough for me. This will not be a list of my ten favorite books of all time.
Part of what I will remember about 2000 was the implosion of Seattle’s Kingdome. Its amazing to me that those things that seem so solid can be gone so quickly. A form of impermanence… I have survived longer than this
I just saw the documentary, This is What Democracy Looks Like, I posted the trailer above. The film is a look at last year’s protests in Seattle responding to the international gathering of the World Trade Organization Summit. That was
A few months back I preached at Union Hill Church in Redmond. In the sermon I explored the simple question… “What is a Christian?” Turns out it may not have been as simple a question as I first thought. I
This is to Mother You by Sinéad O’Connor This is to mother you To comfort you and get you through Through when your nights are lonely Through when your dreams are only blue This is to mother you This is
GLOBAL REQUIEM: THE APOCALYPTIC MOMENT IN RELIGION, SCIENCE, AND ART by Jack Miles Humans might become extinct sooner than anyone imagines. Think of the prospect as an opportunity for spiritual and artistic growth. JACK MILES is Senior Advisor to the
Welcome to my new blog. As I’ve been pondering launching a site like this, I’ve been sitting with all the questions one might imagine I might be holding. Why would I want to do this? What is it about? What
