Jitterbugging for Jesus

“There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?” ~ Rumi

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Properly attended to, even a saltmarsh mosquito is capable of evoking reverence. See those white and black striped stockings on legs thinner than a needle? Where in those legs is there room for knees? And yet see how they bend, as the bug lowers herself to your flesh. Soon you and she will be blood [...]

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I don’t like to reprint out of newspapers for blog material, but this–like today’s prior posting–was too good not to excerpt from the Morning News, since this blog is all about God and things spiritual for the most part: (BTW: Everytime I see the name “Igor” I immediately think of “Eye-Gore” of “Young Frankenstein” notoriety. [...]

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All the nebulous and often outright false arguments against health-care reform rage on and meanwhile, people suffer and doctors hear nothing, as this doctor says in this Dallas News article I’m excerpting in this posting, but “lip service.” How many doctors–very conservative folks–do I know who feel the same way as this one in the [...]

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Lewis Medes on forgiveness: Some people believe that you should not forgive anyone who wronged you unless he or she crawls back on his knees, says he or she is sorry, and begs you to forgive him. I think that is a bad idea. If you wait for the lout who hurt you to repent, [...]

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The Tennessean has this fine human interest story about a fine United Methodist dynamo who is the daughter of a fine Methodist bishop. Sarah was, and is, a character, a beloved one in the UM Church. The article doesn’t really capture her outgoing spirit and the heart she has for the poor, but it’s a [...]

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Timescapes Timelapse: Mountain Light from Tom @ Timescapes on Vimeo.

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Mockingbirds By Mary Oliver This morning two mockingbirds in the green field were spinning and tossing the white ribbons of their songs into the air. I had nothing better to do than listen. I mean this seriously. In Greece, a long time ago, an old couple opened their door to two strangers who were, it [...]

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