Abrasive Neighbors

So I’ve been in a rather Pauline mood this week. It started Tuesday.  I rushed to get my Darkwood Brew work done Monday so I could leave early the next day to be driven into the desert washes around Tucson and meet people who live there; people described as...

Freedom Beyond Your Enclosures

     Our journey is a dance between freedom and what encloses us. When we are active participants on our spiritual journey we assume responsibility for being willing to be transformed and free to grow into our magnificence.  Paul offers tools for this journey in the...
Forget About It

Forget About It

We’re all adults here, right?  Here’s a slightly adjusted quote from Jonny Depp in Donnie Brasco.  You can fill in the gaps… “Forget about it” is like, if you agree with someone, you know, like “Raquel Welch is one (beautiful...

Promises of Intimacy?

  What does spiritual intimacy look like? Paul uses an Aramaic word for “Abba” in his letter to the Galatians that suggests an intimate relationship with the Holy. Paul understood this intimacy as reserved for those who are Christian. But there is...
Oops.

Oops.

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” – George Bernard Shaw Our Facebook question this week for Darkwood Brew seems simple enough.  It has all the hallmarks of a motivational...

Are You In or Out with God?

I was at the altar rail looking at the bread resting in my palm. I’d heard the words, “The Body of Christ. The bread of heaven.” Did this bread offer any hope to the people of Libya or Japan?  Did it include them? If not then what was I doing there? ...
Heretics of Grace

Heretics of Grace

Three things theological are on my mind this week.  So it should be easy to write about them.  However, the thing is, you see, that I can’t quite find the thread.  Hopefully, for both of us, I’ll pick it up by the end of this blog.  Otherwise, I’m...

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