Category Archives: The Church of What’s Happening Now

Most of us don’t have the Tetons in our backyard,but they call to usall the way from Wyoming,reminding us of what is missingin our lifeand inviting us to seek outeven faint facsimiles in the parks and greenwayswhere we live,opening ourselvesto what is open to us,offering peace and silencewhere it may be found,and reuniting with sacredContinue reading “May 07, 2024 – A”

The idea is to developan in-depth relationshipwith our intuition,learn to check everything outwith our body’s felt sense,and live mindfully presentwith the here/now all the wayalong the way.How far are we from being able to do that?That’s how far we are from being able to liveas indigenous people live,trusting themselves to themselves,living their lifeas their lifeContinue reading “May 06, 2024 – A”

Maintaining our balance and harmonyis remaining square-up with our life.Aware of the forces of destabilizationand rolling with the rhythm of the waveson the wine-dark sea.I laugh as I write thatbecause it sounds as thoughit can be done.The fact of the matteris that we are swept awayagain and again by things likebeing out of coffeeor losingContinue reading “May 05, 2024 – A”

Where do you find what is helpful?Where do you find what you needto help you along life’s way?You are here, and that leads me to supposeyou find this “place” to be helpful–unless this is your first visitand we will have to wait to seehow helpful you think it is.I hope it is helpful–I fully intendContinue reading “May 04, 2024 – B”

I observe the 1 year old Great Granddaughterat lunch in local restaurants twice a week.She is incredibly attentive and curious,looking intently at everything and everyone,lifting the table clothto see what is underneath,trying everything that is offered to her to eat,and reaching a hand into her mouthto retrieve and hurl to the flooranything that doesn’t meetContinue reading “May 04, 2024 – A”

Neil Postman and Charles Weingartnerwrote Teaching As A Subversive Activity,but it could have been entitled,”Living As A Subversive Activity,”because it is up to all of usto “subvert attitudes, beliefs and assumptionsthat foster chaos and uselessness”(Their words in their book).They say, “(Students) are almost never requiredto make observations, formulate definitions,or perform any intellectual operationsthat go beyondContinue reading “May 03, 2024 – B”

Something always wants to be heard.Something always has something to say.When do we ever get to just be here, now,sitting still,touching the groundlike the Buddha under the Bo Treegrounding himself here, now–being here/now forever?Standing with the sunflowerswith nothing better to dothan be here/now forever?Moving between this nowand the next nowwith nothing better to dothat moveContinue reading “May 03, 2024 – A”

Meaning is ascribed, assigned, imposed.We are told what is meaningful.Religion consists of believing what someone else has said to be so.So does education.The clergy, the teachers, give to the laity, the students, meanings that have been ascribed and assigned to statements by other clergy-types/teachers through the ages.No clergy-type/teacher ever asks a lay person/student about theContinue reading “May 02, 2024 – B”

Beauty is all around us much of the time.Our place is to make ourselves available to it.To be present with what is present with us.Ann Weiser Cornell says that “In Presence,we are listeners. In Presence we can listen with interest and acceptance to whatever arises.”Without taking sides or forcing outcomes.It works well with everything,as aContinue reading “May 02, 2024 – A”

When we take something on faithwe are enfolding it into our imagination.We are saying “I am going to imagine this to be so–pretend this to be so–because I want it to be so.And I am going to tell myself that it is so,whether it is or not.”Since you can’t prove to me that it isn’tContinue reading “May 01, 2024 – B”

I can’t wait to be really old,things are getting more interesting by the day.The post previous to this oneis listed as “April 31, 2024.”As though there are 31 days in April.Made perfect sense to me.Yesterday.The more Right-brained I get,the less Left-brained I become,and living Right-brainedin a Left-brain worldis no way to get around.So, I’m backContinue reading “May 2024”

Do you see the old womanor the young maiden?Keep looking until you see both,and how you can’t see bothat the same time.You can only see one at a time,and know about the other one,switching back and forth eternally.Life is that way.We look and see one thing.We look again and see another thing.Death is where weContinue reading “May 01, 2024 – A”