Happy Easter!
Posted: 24 April 2011 Filed under: lent 2011 Leave a comment »Light and Life to all who come in the name of the Good, the Holy, the True!
have you washed anyone’s feet today?
Posted: 21 April 2011 Filed under: lent 2011 Leave a comment »one of the more moving things i remember from retreats in high school was the part where we would wash each other’s hands. this preceded (i think) the sacrament of reconciliation on our confirmation retreat. i often think of it when it comes time for the washing of the feet (more often hands) on holy thursday.
around the world tonight, there are people watching and waiting through the adoration of the blessed sacrament, staying awake, keeping vigil…tomorrow, freedom can be found, laden down, under the weight of the wood…
On the Road to the Cross…
Posted: 19 April 2011 Filed under: lent 2011 Leave a comment »Where are you going?
Can you take me with you?
For my hand is cold
And needs warmth
Where are you going?
Where the horizon lies
And the land sinks into mellow blueness
Oh please, take me with you
I can dare myself
I can dare myself
I’ll put a pebble in my shoe
And watch me walk (watch me walk)
I can walk and walk!
(I can walk!)
I shall call the pebble Dare
We will talk, we will talk together
We will talk (chorus) about walking
Dare shall be carried
And when we both have had enough
I will take him from my shoe, singing:
“Meet your new road!”
Then I’ll take your hand
Finally glad
Finally glad
That you are here
By my side
By my side
By my side
Then the man they called Judas Iscariot
Went to the chief priests, and said
“What will you give me to betray Him to you?”
They paid him thirty pieces of silver.
And from that moment, he began to look out for an opportunity
To betray Him.
(Matthew 26:14-16)
By my side
By my side
By my side
Befriending Wolves – A Link to an Amazing Read
Posted: 7 April 2011 Filed under: lent 2011 Leave a comment »
Self-Care
Posted: 5 April 2011 Filed under: lent 2011, self-care Leave a comment »“I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others.” ~Jennifer Louden
I am working on self-care. I spent the last week in tech for a show, and my personal goal was to stay upbeat and not get dragged down by stress. For the most part it worked…and I’m way less tired than I usually am after a show, because I didn’t waste so much energy on being stressed out…working on myself continues…
Into the Woods
Posted: 1 April 2011 Filed under: lent 2011 Leave a comment »Though it’s deep, though it’s dark,
And though you may lose the path,
Though you may encounter wolves,
You mustn’t stop,
You mustn’t swerve,
You mustn’t ponder,
You have to act!
When you know your wish,
If you want your wish,
You can have your wish,
But you can’t just wish–
No, to get your wish
Where nothings’ clear,
Where witches, ghosts
And wolves appear.
Into the woods
And through the fear,
You have to take the journey.
thankful
Posted: 28 March 2011 Filed under: lent 2011 Leave a comment »one of my backstage crew had a bike accident on the way to the theatre today. he is home now, with stitches, and splint and concussion, but he is fine. thank God for helmets and high school kids who aren’t “too cool” to wear them. thank God for high school kids who care about their friends – and let me care about them too. and thank God that he’s okay.
permission to slack
Posted: 27 March 2011 Filed under: lent 2011 Leave a comment »I am sometimes not very patient with myself. But I am giving myself permission, here, where all 7 or so of you can see it, to have a tech week that doesn’t stress me out, and to not answer emails or blog or read productive things this week if I really don’t have the energy for it. And that’s okay.
born in the spirit
Posted: 26 March 2011 Filed under: lent 2011 Leave a comment »| “What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
John 3:6-8
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many different legends, just one story…so many ways to interpret this passage…the wind carries us in and out of this world…and we return to the spirit…and we return again…
meditations for various people and places
Posted: 24 March 2011 Filed under: lent 2011 Leave a comment »for Jen:
“Activity conquers cold, but stillness conquers heat.” ~ Lao Tzu
Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile.
~David Whyte
for Kris:
“We must learn to hold ambiguity in our hands and still, somehow, emanate peace. We need to accept the terrifying uncertainty of it all. Maybe, actually, embracing that uncertainty is the only road to true freedom.”
and for me:
He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities. – Benjamin Franklin
