"Believe in the holy contour of life"
Jack Kerouac
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
Strangely Brilliant
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely brilliant,
In the light of His glory and grace.
I apologize to the hymnist for turning her poetry inside out. What Helen Lemmel penned was,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim…Her intent was to accentuate the unequaled beauty of Christ by casting all else in dull, muted tones. Fair enough.
But closeness to Jesus has mostly heightened my awareness of life’s beauty.
…Setting sunlight turning trees and trail to gold
…The glide of a canoe across a mountain lake at dawn
…An ancient marriage proposal sung in Gaelic
…Rhodies blooming
…The crack of a bat on a 98 mph fastball
…A full night of sleep
…The summertime incense of charcoal
…Saltwater and coconut oil
…Friendships rekindled
In my experience, the baptism of the Holy Spirit is a baptism of all things into their intended glory.
Copyright Scott Burnett 2006
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
too serious
"All misery of this world comes from the fact that people take themselves too seriously."
Thomas Theodor Heine
Thomas Theodor Heine
Thursday, May 01, 2008
embody
“If leadership fails to embody the message, no one is going to follow.”
Michael Frost & Alan Hirsch
The Shaping of Things to Come
Michael Frost & Alan Hirsch
The Shaping of Things to Come
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
resident gifting
"We arrive in this world with birthright gifts -- then we spend the first half of our lives abandoning them or letting others disabuse us of them. As young people, we are surrounded by expectations that may have little to do with who we really are, expectations held by people who are not trying to discern our selfhood but to fit us into slots. In families, schools, workplaces, and religious communities, we are trained away from true self toward images of acceptability; under social pressures like racism and sexism our original shape is deformed beyond recognition; and we ourselves, driven by fear, too often betray true self to gain the approval of others.
We are disabused of original giftedness in the first half of our lives. Then -- if we are awake, aware, and able to admit our loss -- we spend the second half trying to recover and reclaim the gift we once possessed."
Parker J. Palmer
"Let Your Life Speak"
We are disabused of original giftedness in the first half of our lives. Then -- if we are awake, aware, and able to admit our loss -- we spend the second half trying to recover and reclaim the gift we once possessed."
Parker J. Palmer
"Let Your Life Speak"
Thursday, April 10, 2008
sadness and joy
"Our life is a short time in expectation, a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment… Joy and sadness are born at the same time; both arising from such deep places in your heart that you cannot find the words to capture your complex emotions."
Henri Nouwen
Henri Nouwen
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
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