Category Archives: Coherence

Holiness undoes the stranglehold of identity. It shifts the locus of identity from the body to the collective, and from the collective to God, Whom Jesus knew as a Father. For me – maybe for you, too – holiness is mostly an invitation to tell a different story and, in doing so, to realize whoContinue reading “Advent Journal: Hinterlands Full of Apostles and Prophets”

The moon was impossibly bright this morning, a few fingers above Arunah Hill. The clarity was shocking in the still-dark kitchen; I brewed coffee with the lights off, finding my way, in order to keep the moon and its uncompromising light in focus. There are moments when the confusion subsides and identity settles and anContinue reading “Advent Journal: Together We are Briefly Heavenly”

Briefly. What did you think Love would look like, when at last you realized or remembered it? What did you think oneness with God would feel like? When our fundamental unity with all life is at last revealed, what will it be like to be you? We cannot crave that which we do not knowContinue reading “Advent Travels: A Critter in Creation”

We put our tree up yesterday. Late Friday, C. drove with our daughters to a farm a couple town north, an old man with a meadow full of scraggly pines. You put twenty bucks in an envelope on the porch and then cut down a tree. It’s a tall tree – at least seven feet.Continue reading “Advent Travels: A Footnote Almost”

I like this story. Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph.He said, “Abba Joseph,as far as I can say,I do my little office,and I read my psalms.I fast a little and prayand meditate.I live in peace with others and,as far as possible,I purify my thoughts.Tell me, Father, what else –what more – can I do?”Continue reading “Advent Travels: Hidden by Storm Clouds”

I The Next Buddha I don’t remember when I first read Michael Bauwans’ “The Next Buddha Will Be a Collective: Spiritual Expression in the Peer-to-Peer Era.” It was written in 2007; I doubt I saw it until at least 2012. I liked the title. Bauwans suggested that society is evolving away from an historic emphasisContinue reading “Christ is a Collective”