On to the 2nd Approach, as I am calling these. (See Openness for the first of these three Approaches.) What do I mean by lightness? To start, I draw from my inspiration from words Jesus spoke in Matthew’s Gospel (11:28-30) in the Christian Scriptures: 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I willContinue reading “Lightness”
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Psalms Project (continued)
The Psalms Project, like other upcoming writing projects, is my attempt to take the spirit of the Psalms and re-apply them and write new ones for today. I am NOT trying to replace the amazing Psalms already in the Bible! I am in no way trying to paraphrase or restate each Psalm. My Psalm 1Continue reading “Psalms Project (continued)”
Openness
I return now to the First of what I call the Three Approaches. I believe these are fundamental ways to frame the world, go into it, and be in it. The genesis of this first one is really from a Pastor name Bill Hunter from some 20-plus years ago. He was a Methodist minister, andContinue reading “Openness”
Valentine’s Day (From the Vault)
As I said in “What’s it all about?” I will try to post an Older Writing later in the week. I have decided to only lightly edit these, partly due to time constraints, but also to leave them as they were, unless I find my views have radically changed. This one is from Valentine’s 2003.Continue reading “Valentine’s Day (From the Vault)”
What’s it all about?
Before I continue writing about Openness, I realized I should write a little more about me–and what is the point of all this, so… So, why should you bother reading this blog? Well, maybe you know me, or like me, or read some of my posts on Mastodon. I have labeled myself a writer, philosopher,Continue reading “What’s it all about?”