I want to say a bit more regarding yesterday’s batman no more post. Bruce Wayne was certainly striving to be compassionate, in fact Batman’s compassion one of the key themes of the film. Liam Neesson’s character saw Bruce Wayne’s compassion
Lynette and I just watched Batman Begins and while I watched the film I couldn’t help but think of the protestant reformation. Was I watching Bruce Wayne or Martin Luther and John Calvin – frankly they seem so similar. The storyline is of
For a few days I’ve been sitting the question: “how can I better understand and enter into the narrative of church?” This question took me back to Greek theater, represented by the masks. I find myself wondering whether the narrative of
Making Peace by Denise Levertov (1923-1997) A voice from the dark called out, “The poets must give us imagination of peace, to oust the intense, familiar imagination of disaster. Peace, not only the absence of war.” But peace, like a poem,
I’ve been checking out some of the many video bloggers out there. vspan.blogspot.com www.michaelverdi.com crule.typepad.com annieee.blogspot.com www.rocketboom.com Peace, dwight
“In the beginning God created” Those first words of the book of Genesis hint something of God’s artistic nature. Ours is a God who delights in the intricacies of the pedal of a flower growing on the side of a
A Community of the Spirit by Rumi There is a community of the spirit. Join it, and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise. Drink all your passion, and be a disgrace. Close both
The God Day by Lynette Friesen I came to him Open to the pain of my sin The regret and remorse The fall-on-your-knees cries of failure Wanting to seek what he has for me Knowing I come so
OK – so its time for a bit of a site redesign. I’m still creating all the links and transferring the files but until that is completed the following link will let you navigate my former site. What you are
On this day, the birthday of my life partner. I want offer a poem that makes me think of her every time I read, hear or even think of it. Its by the brilliant poet Billy Collins… whose work I
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body
Somehow I sense that this might this connect with yesterday’s post?! The Journey by Mary Oliver One day you finally knewwhat you had to do, and began,though the voices around youkept shoutingtheir bad advice –though the whole housebegan to trembleand
Show Me, Dear Christ by John Donne Show me dear Christ, thy spouse so bright and clear. What! is it she which on the other shore Goes richly painted? or which, robb’d and tore, Laments and mourns in Germany and
Hallelujah! Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and to those in the tomb Christ is giving life. Spring Song by Lucille Clifton the green of Jesus is breaking the ground and the sweet smell of
A Psalm of Life WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And
“Solitude“ by dwight j. friesen The text reads: “For the secret of a man’s being is not only to live . . . but to live for something definite.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
Totally like whatever, you know? by Taylor Mali In case you hadn’t noticed, it has somehow become uncool to sound like you know what you’re talking about? Or believe strongly in what you’re saying? Invisible question marks and parenthetical (you
Otherwise By Jane Kenyon I got out of bed on two strong legs. It might have been otherwise. I ate cereal, sweet milk, ripe, flawless peach. It might have been otherwise. I took the dog uphill to the birch wood.
Though I’m by no means a Korn groupie, I found it interesting when Mtv reported that one of the founding members of the band has left to start his own thing. According to Korn’s website, guitarist, Brian Welch, “has chosen Jesus Christ
If you haven’t already heard this George Dubya Mix I highly recommend it to you; it is powerful. O, the irony of hearing George Bush singing U2’s “Sunday Bloody Sunday.” It’s a mix of a few George W. parody tracks from
I am looking for the book and page number – in the original source – where I can find the following quotes. Somehow I lost them. Usually I do a pretty good job of recording my readings and my citations; I
Untitled Too by Lynette Friesen She stood on the side of the road In a dress of cut cardboard. She looked a bit in need of a bath and a warm cozy fire, But then so did I. An empty
This is one of the more powerful stories of the Hebrew bible. If you haven’t read it in a while submit yourself to it allowing it to become part of you. Judges 19 and 20 Last night, Lynette, Pascal and
The Third Body by Robert Bly A man and a woman sit near each other, and they do not long At this moment to be older, or younger, or born In any other nation, or any other time,
Tonight I’ve been invited to offer a prayer for peace from my spiritual tradition at this year’s multi-faith peace walk around Green Lake. Interfaith Community Sanctuary is organizing the event which has seen hundreds of people from a wide array
