Sorry that I have not posted in a while. I have been busy working full-time again with Home City Ice as well as continuing to deliver the Journal Gazette 7 days a week. I'll make an attempt to post more as time allows...
It's funny how last year I was at the APA retreat at Camp Mack living out the deepest longings of my heart and 1 year later I am living a life of work with little time to reconnect with those longings.
May 05, 2007
April 13, 2007
Becoming what you are
These have been real words of encouragement for me lately. It is taken from The Sources of Taize.
Fulfillment?
Are you hesitating over a choice for fear of making a mistake?
Stop summoning your own darkness to cover your refusal. Happy are those who tent their hands from their eyes and dare to go forward, sustained solely by the trusting of faith.
Fulfillment?
Become what you are in your heart of hearts...
and the gates of a spirit of childhood will open, the wonder of a love.
A fountain of gladness surges up for you. Not euphoria, not just any kind of joy, but the jubilation that comes form the wellsprings of eternity.
Fulfillment?
Are you hesitating over a choice for fear of making a mistake?
Stop summoning your own darkness to cover your refusal. Happy are those who tent their hands from their eyes and dare to go forward, sustained solely by the trusting of faith.
Fulfillment?
Become what you are in your heart of hearts...
and the gates of a spirit of childhood will open, the wonder of a love.
A fountain of gladness surges up for you. Not euphoria, not just any kind of joy, but the jubilation that comes form the wellsprings of eternity.
Point of no Return
(A prayer of confession, written 4/13/07)
Risen Christ,
You expect the whole of my life,
And yet all I have given are mere crumbs.
You are praying within me day and night,
But I set aside 30 minutes for devotions.
You are the source of living water,
But I prefer to dig cracked cisterns.
Tirelessly You were seeking me,
All the while, I sought You only when I was weary and tired.
You give me strength to rise beyond my past,
Once my hand is on the plow, I preferred to look back.
You have placed on my finger the ring of the prodigal son,
And I know there's a vast pasture that holds herds of fatted calves
for every time I've crawled home.
You ask me to commit myself to the point of no return,
Yet somehow, it remains a threshold I am unwilling to cross.
Forgive me.
Heal me.
Strengthen me.
Open me.
Receive me.
Risen Christ,
You expect the whole of my life,
And yet all I have given are mere crumbs.
You are praying within me day and night,
But I set aside 30 minutes for devotions.
You are the source of living water,
But I prefer to dig cracked cisterns.
Tirelessly You were seeking me,
All the while, I sought You only when I was weary and tired.
You give me strength to rise beyond my past,
Once my hand is on the plow, I preferred to look back.
You have placed on my finger the ring of the prodigal son,
And I know there's a vast pasture that holds herds of fatted calves
for every time I've crawled home.
You ask me to commit myself to the point of no return,
Yet somehow, it remains a threshold I am unwilling to cross.
Forgive me.
Heal me.
Strengthen me.
Open me.
Receive me.
April 10, 2007
Musicians in touch with their masculinity...
There must be some common kinship I feel with other musicians that have big beards. I have been really fascinated by artists such as:
Matisyahu
Iron & Wine
Ray LaMontagne
William Fitzsimmons
Check out their music and beards!
I have said recently that I do not have the look of a rock star with my Brethren Beard, but these guys are proving me wrong and encouraging as well.
Matisyahu
Iron & Wine
Ray LaMontagne
William Fitzsimmons
Check out their music and beards!
I have said recently that I do not have the look of a rock star with my Brethren Beard, but these guys are proving me wrong and encouraging as well.