Blog, General, Upside Down Faith, week-3: Is Jesus God?
“An ordinary simple Christian kneels down to say his prayers. He is trying to get in touch with God. But if he is a Christian he knows that what is prompting him to pray is also God: God, so to speak, inside him. But he also knows that all his real knowledge of...
Advent: Wait Training, Blog, Week 4: Samuel
It’s a popular Zen saying: Wherever you go, there you are. Simple, right? Omaha is home to one Zen Buddhist temple, affiliated with the Soto school and situated in an old house not far from Bemis Park in North Omaha. Meditation sessions are scheduled every day...
Advent: Wait Training, Blog, General, Week 3: John
To pick up a thread Chuck pulled earlier this week, a little more on the scientific properties of light: Light’s full range of frequencies is called the electromagnetic spectrum. Streams of particles crest in waves, some fast, some slow. The human eye perceives...
Advent: Wait Training, Blog, Week 2: Mark
I’ve been thinking about this blog all week–when I’ve been getting ready to go out in the morning or to bed at night, in the car, during my lunch hours. I’ve been bringing it up in conversation. I’ve been reading and re-reading Mark...
Advent: Wait Training, Blog, Week 1: Isaiah
I recently told a friend I believed something my first poetry mentor told me: All art is about suffering. My friend told me I was in a dark place. We laughed, but she wasn’t wrong. I am. To an extent, we’re all “in the dark.” We’re all...
