I read Your words And Your Word– You– Show me connections Of wonder Swirling galaxies Of words Constellations Of truth– All of which is Yours– But surely You show me So that I can make it Somewhat intelligible To people outside my own head? So together we can walk, A living galaxy Of Your loveContinue reading “Word Scatterer”
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His Glory the Glory 6: Right Here, Right Now
Spoiler Alert
I had this idea that I was going to start blogging a lot more, because right around the turn of the year, I started blogging a lot more. I think I thought I could write blogposts to prime the sermon-writing pump, but I just plain don’t write fast enough. We’re still working on consistency ofContinue reading “Spoiler Alert”
Feminist?
“Oh, Jenn is catching up with feminism! How cute!”
Bibliolatry?
I’m not sure it’s actually possible to idolize the Bible…
Exactly the Same Thing
Why are we all still talking about God’s glory and God’s love as two different things? If someone or something’s “glory” is basically that person or thing’s essence, and “God IS love,” then how would God’s love and God’s glory not be exactly the same thing?
The Greatest Commandment
“Discipline” sounds regimented and dull. It sounds like punishment. It sounds like it could be guilt-inducing. It doesn’t sound at all like the way to foster freely-given and spontaneous love for anybody.
Listen!
The key is in listening–first to God, and then to each other.
A Reunion with Periwinkle
Over the weekend, I am delighted to report, I (and six others) was graduated from Holy Conversations, the two-year spiritual direction training programme offered by the Anglican Diocese of New England. We all met on Friday evening at our supervisor’s house, where we had a lovely, relaxed dinner together. Then the next morning we reconvened,Continue reading “A Reunion with Periwinkle”
Word Down*
But…what if Jesus actually did write something? Something more, I mean, than whatever He famously and mysteriously wrote in the dirt…