In 2014 I had for all intents and purposes retired from paid church ministry work. Twenty plus years of working with teenagers, parents, churches across the country, and other youth workers had left me in a place where I was physically unhealthy. The problem, at that time, was that I had not done any fitness…
Arise Today
The prayer of Saint Patrick’s shield I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness of the Creator of creation. I arise today Through the strength of Christ’s birth with His baptism, Through the strength of His crucifixion with His burial, Through…
Convent
Tell me, Is there peace Behind your high stone walls- Peace Where no worldly duty calls- Or does some strange Insistence beckon With a challenge That appalls? Convent, Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, page 203
What is wayfinding?
What is wayfinding? In some corporate world trades, it is simply the creation of maps to help people find their way around a building. I have become more partial to this expanded view from “Designing Your Life, How to Build a Well-Lived Joyful Life” (page 43). Wayfinding is the ancient art of figuring out where…
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in…
