Ernesto is a wash. Sure, the media blitzed him and made him into a formidable opponent, but when it came right down to it it looks like he’ll just slosh all over us, but not much more. It’s rainy now, but news reports lead us to now highly doubt the outcome that was foretold. Which […]
I’ve been reading Eugene Peterson recently. He’s a guy with a lot of wisdom from years of trying to figure out “what is this thing we do?”, and I have found many excellent nuggets within. One of the ideas he writes on is that of “subversive spirituality”.
If we take the concept of “subversive” as meaning to […]
We rolled a snowball recently.ÂÂ
Not a literal one, but a metaphorical one. Because I grew up near the coastal towns of England we rarely had any snow accumulation, so when we did it was absolutely brilliant! Sledding, snowmen, and snowballs - we loved it all.ÂÂ
Then I got to attend a college in MA. For the first […]
On being open to change and risk:
“Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At their death, they are withered and dry. Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and unyielding is the disciple of life”
Books:ÂÂ
The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs - Advisor to Kofi Annan outlining how we can be the generation that ends extreme pverty. Foreword by Bono. Excellent . . .
Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard - Intense study of what it means to daily walk “in the dust of your rabbi”. Profound, to be […]
Saw Shyamalan’s latest flick - It’s getting panned by many, and loved by few. And I see why!! It is a far cry from his other works, and requires a massive leap of faith to enter into the “bedtime story” he is telling.
And I loved it.
(Spoilers ahead . . .):
What a metaphor for the life. […]
