if the earlier video worked better for the head, and gave a chance to those watching it to think and reexamine their own categories. This one gets more to the heart. I wished the singing section was longer. That would have been nice. I love the song. I really liked the way the clip moved…
Category: Meditation
The Word Became Flesh
I’ve been meditating on the the extra verses after John 1:1-14, especially verses 15-18. The last part caught my attention this round. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only [Son], who is himself God and [b] is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
Claiming our Reconciliation
How do we work for reconciliation? First and foremost by claiming for ourselves that God through Christ has reconciled us to God. It is not enough to believe this with our heads. We have to let the truth of this reconciliation permeate every part of our beings. As long as we are not fully and…
Reinterpreting Christmas at The Nut Graph
One of the highlights towards Christmas for me this year amongst many things is the invitation to share some thoughts over at one of my favorite Malaysia sites . . . The piece I wrote with much encouragement from Shanon Shah was based on a sermon I preached on the 1st Sunday of Advent reflecting…
Jesus’ Compassion
“The Gospels speak of Jesus’ compassion, a weighty word. It was more than a warm feeling; it meant that you did something about it. In feeding the multitudes, you did not fetch goodies from the sky like a magician. You started with what the apostles already had to hand, seven loaves and a few small…
Sailing on the River of God
YOU MUST GIVE IN to the seduction of silence. Listen for things central: the sound of air moving in and out of your being, the soft bump of blood drumming at your core, the small noises deep in the ears when different parts of your body call attention to themselves. Then listen past them. ….
Archbishop’s Reflections on Advent
These reflections are so nourishing for me after calling people to slow down on the first week of Advent, and then plunging into intense activity, and now returning to what I know God is calling me during this Advent season. “So during this four weeks before Christmas, that’s what Christians are reflecting on. When Jesus…
The Advent Process
ADVENT IS A PROCESS, a process that comes loaded with peace a layer at a time. We can’t assemble our Christmas without engaging memories, tears, laughter, joy, and penetrating meaning. We wouldn’t hang lights from our rooftop if we weren’t prepared to consider the message we illuminate. We don’t put a wreath on our door…
We Are the Clay
MY MINISTRY RADICALLY CHANGED when I realized that what we call our negative sides – anger, anxiety, complaining, criticizing, procrastinating, controlling, and so on – are usually deep inner cries for help. Perhaps they are cries from early childhood, rising from emotional wounds that never healed. We were told so often to get over them,…
Walking the Path of Mercy
JESUS SAID THAT THE WAY through all difficulties was walking the path of mercy, justice, and humble cooperation with the Source of this world’s life. . If we walk that way, Jesus promises, even now the kingdom can be “at hand,” so close we can taste “the powers of the age to come” (Heb. 6:5),…