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Paul wrote: ‘When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind, when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace - a new life in a new land,’ (Romans 6:2, The Message).
I wonder if Paul wrote this or I just […]
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I continue my thoughts on being humystic.
A confession first of all: many times I feel far from humystic and at these times I can feel as if I have some kind of life-dyspraxia. By this I mean there is a lack of coordination between who I am and who God intends […]
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A couple of days ago I coined the word humystic to describe the people who are becoming. We are people who walk both on this earth and with God - everyday.
This is the tribe I want to belong to: We are called to join the barbarian tribe and to embrace our […]
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I think I’ve been reading about mystical living in my scripture readings today.
Way back before the time of the Flood, with incomprehensible numbers of years being accounted for, comes the story of Enoch. Enoch walked with God and then vanished from the face of the earth.
I wondered if there was something […]
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Some of you have been asking what I mean when I say the journey we are on with Christ is to become human. I put some first thoughts together and thought to share them here.
Just this morning I was reading Leonard Sweet on the power of metaphor: Metaphor is metamorphosis […]
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Yesterday I mentioned Jesus’ warning to his disciples that the world would hate them as it hated him. At times though, it seems that we who say we follow Jesus are neither loved nor hated, but simply ignored. What we say we believe is simply not on their radar.
I also […]
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I’m just back from a very challenging and thought-implosive/explosive week with a group of people exploring how to be on mission with God.
As I get back into the routine of things I read these words from Jesus: “If you find this godless world is hating you, remember it got its start hating […]
