A new freedom . . . now

“I know everybody’s in a bad mood about the country. But the more time you spend in the hardest places, the more amazed you become. There’s some movement arising that is suspicious of consumerism but is not socialist. It’s suspicious of impersonal state systems but is...

Let your self be your given self

“What we casually refer to as “normal” behavior is really a state of arrested development.” Gregg Levoy, Vital Signs For at least a month, Saturdays have been the hottest day of the week. It as if the heat builds and builds, flames out on Saturday, and starts from...

Response and responsiveness

A gift has been given. What is your response? T1:2.15 When we are young, being highly sensitive is seen as a liability. Well . . . this often doesn’t get much better as we mature! Sensitivity can be felt like something waiting to bring us down. There was a boy in my...

Anticipation and arrival

Everyone knows, in this time of Christ, that the end of the old way is near and that the new is coming. They are thus moving toward anticipation rather than adaptation, and evolution moves with them. D:7.23 It’s 5:41 a.m. with a storm brewing. Thunder woke me. Or I...

Go out in peace

You who have found peace—live in peace. You who have been given the Peace of God—go in Peace. Spread peace throughout the land. Go out in peace and love and service to all. For in this going out you come home and bring with you all the brothers and sisters you have...