What Mary did was scandalously extravagant, not to mention conspicuous. A fortune of fragrance emptied over a holy man’s feet…
Judas objected more from greed than charity, according to the narrator. Jesus told him there would never be a shortage of people needing help. And he affirmed Mary’s act as perfectly appropriate.
Mary’s gesture flowed from fearlessness. She didn’t budget her devotion against a bottom line of zero.
God’s economy is not based on scarcity. Mary’s gift wasn’t going to cheat the needy. Jesus was confident that his followers wouldn’t run out of resources necessary to their calling. God’s economy is predicated on plenty.
Copyright Scott Burnett 2006
Showing posts with label Flow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flow. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Motion
Physical Flexibility [see table], or range of motion, is a fantastic thing: acquiring it… not so much. Flexibility doesn’t happen without stretching, and stretching is viscerally unappealing to me. It makes me cranky.
But I believe in it – I believe it’s important enough to warrant assimilating yoga practice into my lifestyle.
I think flexibility is a proactive prevention of future injuries. I like the idea of doing my part to avoid preventable suffering (my own and that of others).
I also like being able to move fluidly – having a body that can flow with the riffles and rills of existence. To my way of thinking, it’s an important dimension of enjoying and honoring creation. If I want to fully engage my life, I’ll cultivate flexibility.
But I believe in it – I believe it’s important enough to warrant assimilating yoga practice into my lifestyle.
I think flexibility is a proactive prevention of future injuries. I like the idea of doing my part to avoid preventable suffering (my own and that of others).
I also like being able to move fluidly – having a body that can flow with the riffles and rills of existence. To my way of thinking, it’s an important dimension of enjoying and honoring creation. If I want to fully engage my life, I’ll cultivate flexibility.
Copyright Scott Burnett 2006
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
river (part two)
Riverbanks make a river possible. Limitations facilitate flow.
Riverbanks aren’t absolutely rigid; they aren’t permanently fixed. Flow affects limitations.
The reciprocity of a river and its banks teaches me things about the paradoxes of faith-life: focused and flowing -- settled and questing...
The current is power, direction, intention, movement... submitting to boundaries.
The banks are shape, form, structure, support... organic and malleable, responding to the stream of change.
Riverbanks aren’t absolutely rigid; they aren’t permanently fixed. Flow affects limitations.
The reciprocity of a river and its banks teaches me things about the paradoxes of faith-life: focused and flowing -- settled and questing...
The current is power, direction, intention, movement... submitting to boundaries.
The banks are shape, form, structure, support... organic and malleable, responding to the stream of change.
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