Category Archives: The Church of What’s Happening Now

We live in the service of what? Money is the thing of highest value we can imagine. And the high rate of addiction and suicide among the wealthy suggests that money may not be it. And to miss the point of our life– living in the service of the wrong things– is the worst kindContinue reading “November 16, 2023 – A”

Relax into the Now! Take care of the moment! We are being carried along by forces quite beyond us. Sit back. Pay attention. Be aware. Be present. Enjoy the ride. Saying the things that cry out to be said. Asking the questions that beg to be asked. Doing what is called for, as it isContinue reading “November 15, 2023 – B”

I spent the last seven years of my ministry participating in the creation/development of “the church as it ought to be.” It was called simply, “The 9:20 Service,” because we met at 9:20 on Sunday morning–9:20 because that was late enough to allow the people who needed to sleep-in to feel like they had, andContinue reading “November 15, 2023 – A”

We live to see/hear/know/do. A life grounded in, flowing from, returning to emptiness, stillness and silence has the best chance of seeing/hearing/knowing what’s what and doing what needs to be done about it in each situation as it arises no matter what all our life long. A life grounded in fear/greed/hatred has no chance atContinue reading “November 14, 2023 – A”

Stability, dependability, reliability, trustworthiness are foundational elements for the creation and maintenance of balance and harmony. Balance and harmony are fundamental for integrity, sincerity, spontaneity. Living on the edge of uncertainty generates anxiety and keeps us from settling into a safe and secure pattern of life. Enter fascism and its love for knocking things overContinue reading “November 13, 2023 – A”

How many “Y’s” constitute our life? How many more will there be? I don’t know how you “do it,” but here is another possibility to consider: Empty yourself of all thoughts and emotions, memories and judgments. Stand at the fork as empty as the space between breaths. And without thinking, without resorting to reason andContinue reading “November 12, 2023 – B”

Our imagination is a mirror reflecting us to us. What are the themes running through your imagination’s wanderings, which are not actually wanderings at all, but recurring stories to reaffirm, entrench, solidify the patterns that are ingrained in your mind’s worn path of rumination? Sex addicts think like sex addicts. Fascists think like fascists. PreachersContinue reading “November 12, 2023 – A”

People kill themselves and other people because they don’t like the way things are going. Why don’t they just change their mind about what is important? Changing our mind about what is important is the solution to all of our problems today. Every day. The right kind of meditation practice is about changing our mindContinue reading “November 11, 2023 – A”

The joy for me is found walking/driving through the world, eating in the world, being here/now in the quiet of early morning, but not so much in the grind of heavy traffic. I would enjoy a chat with Henry David Thoreau and Black Elk and Chief Seattle… and being close to water… Away from crowdsContinue reading “November 10, 2023 – A”

Jesus is the archetypal human being, doing the right thing, at the right time in the right place and way, time after time. So was Betty White, Helen Wolfe, Iris Dement, Dolly Parton and thousands more through the ages. And we all have shown flashes and sparks of Jesus here and there over the courseContinue reading “November 09, 2023 – A”

The anesthesiologist, the nurses and the surgeon who took care of my cataract surgery did their jobs better than Jesus could have done them, and the same thing applies to all the other medical staff in the surgery center, and to all the people everywhere who are caring for people. It is the Jesus thing,Continue reading “November 08, 2023 – A”

“God’s will” is an interesting concept, and it applies to everything that “Amazing coincidence” would cover as well. It also opens the way to the Grande Paradox of Life: Everything is coincidental and nothing is. Everything is a matter of chance and nothing is. We walk two paths at the same time and live withContinue reading “November 07, 2023 – B”