My friend, Don Hutton, has written a really beautiful and interesting piece. Take a few moments to listen for yourself within its narrative and questioning. peace, dwight soul: mystery, or a load of crap? by Don Hutton dan snowden and
Today is Earth Day, a global invitation to grow in awareness of our shared ecosystem which holds all life. I thought I’d share these beautiful words/images from medieval mystic, Benedictine abbess, artist, theologian, and poet, Hildegard von Bingen. Hildegard was
I’ve gone on prayers walks; I’ve gone on semiotic walks; I’ve gone on nature walks but until this morning I had never even heard of poetry walks. Paul Steinke guided a number of us into one of Gerard Manley Hopkins’
The following quote is from Eugene Peterson’s, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2005, 337-8. For some reason I feel compelled to share it… enjoy! Peace, dwight “Rick Bass,
Failing and Flying by Jack Gilbert Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew. It’s the same when love comes to an end, or the marriage fails and people say they knew it was a mistake, that everybody said it would never
Artist Ed Traub recently passed a great quote on to me from Mark Rothko’s book: Artist’s Reality: Philosophies of Art. “Like the old ideal of God, the abstraction itself in its nakedness is never directly apprehensible to us. As in
Chicago by Sufjan Stevens I fell in love again All things go, all things go Drove to Chicago All things know, all things know We sold our clothes to the state I don’t mind, I don’t mind I made a
I wasn’t raised with the wirings and poetry of Rilke, but I am sure grateful to have been introduced to them. The following is arguably one of his best known quotes, yet I had to post it. It is just
Superman is scheduled to make a comeback in 2006. In the wake of the recent “back-story” Spiderman and Batman movies some critics are asking if there is room for an Übermensch “overman” (Superman). It certainly will be interesting to see
Things to Thinkby Robert Bly Think in ways you’ve never thought before. If the phone rings, think of it as carrying a message Larger than anything you’ve ever heard, Vaster than a hundred lines of Yeats. Think that someone may
Take a moment (six minutes) to view this short film, “Dance Me to the End of Love” by director Aaron Goffman. Featuring the music of Leonard Cohen and starring Quentin Tarantino, Sylvia Binsfeld. Peace, dwight
Catch What You’ve Thrown Yourself by Rainer Maria Rilke As long as you catch what you’ve thrown yourself, it’s all just clever agility and venial gain; but when you suddenly come to catch a ball an eternal playmate has thrown
If you haven’t already done so, I highly recommend you invest a few moments looking some of the thousands of postcards posted on this site. Part of the reason I love it so much is that it reminds me that
Even after living in the United States of America for fifteen years, it still strikes me as odd when July 1st rolls around. You see north of the 49th parallel Canadians celebrate Canada Day while I simply go about my
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
