Category Archives: The Church of What’s Happening Now

Impartiality cannot be a steady state of being. There are no steady states of being. And so, it is said, “It is easier to be a saint than to live with one.” Because not even a saint is a steady beam of kindness and light. As soon as we care about something we are partialContinue reading “August 22-A, 2022”

To those who say, “Have no aversion of any kind to anything ever!”, I say, “Oh, I see you have an aversion to aversion!” To those who say, “Do not DO anything at all!”, I say, “Now, that would really be doing something!” We cannot say anything without producing the antithesis of what we intend.Continue reading “August 20-C, 2022”

We are all looking for where we belong, for what we belong to. For where we fit in, for what fits us. For what we do well/best, for what we have no business doing at all. For what our shtick is, and what it isn’t. For the good places to be, and the good placesContinue reading “August 20-B, 2022”

Finding joy in what we are doing, in what is available to do, is a matter of changing our mind about what is important, in order to see what is being offered to us, instead of seeing what is not being offered to us. The simple pleasures require us to see them and avail ourselvesContinue reading “August 20-A, 2022”

Sex can be a lot of fun, but it can also get in the way. Sex has no necessary connection with intimacy– though it is often referred to as “an intimate relationship.” Too often, it is a way of avoiding intimacy. We go to sex to keep from being known. Being known in the BiblicalContinue reading “August 19-D, 2022”

We know what the truth is. And hide from it, pretending we don’t know. And here we are. We know what we know, and what we think we know, and opt for what we think we know because what we know asks hard things of us. “We can’t handle the truth” (Col Nathan R. Jessup),Continue reading “August 18-B, 2022”

We step off the beam when we begin to calculate our advantage, think about what we stand to gain, and plot our strategy with our best interests in mind. As though we know what our best interests are. We step back on the beam, when we catch ourselves in the act of being crafty andContinue reading “August 18-A, 2022”

When you are fragile and fragmented I recommend being fragile and fragmented. That’s one less thing you have to worry about. Then do the breathe in, breathe out, count to five (If you can time the counting with your heart beat, so much the better!), for five rounds five times a day. It won’t usherContinue reading “August 15-A, 2022”

There is no Dark Side. There is no Evil Force. There are only foxes and rabbits. Lions and antelope. And human beings driven by ruthlessness, greed and fear, who want what they have no business having, and demand a profit at any price every day. Enlightenment, realization, awakening, illumination is the end of selfishness andContinue reading “August 13-B, 2022”

Do you think Jesus had something you don’t have? That would be different from Michael Jordan having something you don’t have? And different from your best friend having something you don’t have? I’ll give Jesus a tender heart, a godly bearing, and an orientation toward, and perception of, the numinous, the ineffable, the things thatContinue reading “August 13-A, 2022”

If Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbot, and their clan hold the slightest attraction, the barest fascination, for you, what are you doing reading this? You belong to the Anti-Woke segment of society, and should be chanting the chants and waving the flags of your kind. You should be lapping up theContinue reading “August 12-C, 2022”

If we don’t know whether something will work, we only have to give it a spin. Everything becomes clear with time, even to those seeped in denial. Start walking with awareness and the path will open before you— and if the path you think is the path turns out to not be the path, sitContinue reading “August 12-B, 2022”