Fire, uncontained, destroys. Fire, contained and focused, creates, transforms, and welcomes. As I approach the upper levels of my anticipated lifespan, I notice the extent to which rage has lurked in my negotiations of life’s challenges and opportunities. Perhaps it began in the gritty arena of the primary school playground, where, at the tender ageContinue reading “The Rage of Age”
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The fragment in the whole
“A fragment is part of the whole; the whole contains the fragments.” During a busy week filled with interruptions to my interruptions, this phrase hit me in the face (yes, another interruption!). Everything has a place. Everything belongs. We may not understand it now or even strongly disagree with this notion. If we change ourContinue reading “The fragment in the whole”
From the Ashes
Ash Wednesday is not really part of my church’s tradition. Dark and sombre with an emphasis on the dreariness of death, it does not sit comfortably with a movement whose focus is on new creation borne on the vitality and inspiration of resurrection life. Yet we will observe Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the seasonContinue reading “From the Ashes”
Wondering Pilgrim 