Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Deep down you know that sincerity and truth is more satisfying. You cover it in cynicism and pass that off as wit. You direct most of your malice inward,Continue reading >>
The fruitfulness of desolation
There are some Gospel passages, poetry, songs, pieces of art, for which I know I’m not ready. I’ve pondered them and know in my heart that someday they will mean something to me. Someday they will shake my foundation. But not yet. I’m not ready yet. John 12:24 is one of those kernels: Amen, amen, I sayContinue reading >>
The world is not held together by my worry
When I was in graduate school I took a class in Alexander Technique, which can be best (though incompletely) described as a body-awareness method meant to help us use our bodies most efficiently by removing bad habits of tension. Alexander teachers tend to be skilled in using gentle placement of hands to help release tensionContinue reading >>
From “Hosanna” to “Crucify Him”
Year after year, every Palm Sunday, I ask the same questions: who would I have been, had I been with Jesus? And how long would it have taken for me to reject him? I’m sure I wouldn’t have been one of the strong or virtuous ones. I’m sure, like everyone else who doesn’t know what’s goodContinue reading >>
Five reasons I observe Lent (and two non-reasons)
Last weekend’s NYT article about why many people who don’t affiliate with a religion have jumped on the Lenten bandwagon got me thinking: it’s been a while since I posted one of my Great Defenses of Lenten Commitments. It’s time to remedy that, wouldn’t you say? — 1 — The whole community does it InContinue reading >>
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