Memes never cease to find their way around the blogosphere, and they sometimes even land in my lap. Kathy tagged me with the 123 book meme, which quite simply means that I should:
Pick up the book nearest you. Find page 123. Find the first five sentences. Post the next 3 sentences.Tag five people.
I have a distinct unique […]
Archive for February, 2008
The newest issue of Global Spiral is dedicated to engaging with John D. Caputo’s terrific little book What Would Jesus Deconstruct? I’ll definitely be reading these articles over the next few days.
Love and fear appear to be the primordial motivators in our lives. No other primary orientation seems to underpin our way of being-in-the-world than these two outlooks.
Love and fear present with a choice, time and time again. Will I act in the situation that I’m in based on love, or on fear? This, it seems to […]
This thought springs from my observation of music, but I think that it has broader application to both the broader creative world and culture more generally, so I’ll state it in generic terms.
It seems that sadness, angst, anger and melancholy — in short, negative emotions — are somehow considered to be much more honest (and don’t forget that buzz word […]
There’s a tempest brewing around in my mind every time I sit down to write. I am overcome with the realization that there’s a certain type of responsibility built into everything I write.
Although I believe that knowledge is always in process, there is a definitive act that takes place when we put pen to paper (or […]
life is a gift
we know not from
where it comes
or goes
more precious than
iphones or hummers that
fade far faster
than this flesh
life is a gift
that we never could have
asked for
or imagined
take it for gifted
this life
in love
it has sprung
in love
in loss
in fear and trembling alleluia.
