Radically Happy

  • Redeeming Animism, Part 3: Sneaky Snake

    Redeeming Animism, Part 3: Sneaky Snake

    Earnest: Coyote is a notorious trickster. How do I know this isn’t some elaborate prank? Coyote: Oh, don’t be silly. Of course this is a prank. Earnest: Wait, what? Coyote: Now!

  • Pathy versus A-Pathy

    If we are Path-y 
We won’t have Apathy

  • Dream: Qhows (Qhuinn+Cows)

    Dream: Qhows (Qhuinn+Cows)

    Is this how we become like Jesus?

  • Pain Ex-Dis-Tracted

    In the ancient World Pain was con-tracted In our modern World Pain is dis-tracted In Christ’s Kingdom Pain is ex-tracted

  • Exceptionally Interruptable

    His heart Was always open Always singing Always listening Always participating in Always attending to A heavenly dance

  • Grace Barriers, Reefed

    The natural state of God is Unison The natural state of humans is Division And… That is as it should be

  • Pride, A Part (Socratic Monologue)

    Pride, A Part (Socratic Monologue)

    Grow up, lady! You wouldn’t have lasted 24 hours out here without me. You say you needed me. You have no idea the hell I went through to keep you safe. Don’t get so high and mighty on your little ivory pedestal. You only have the luxury to indulge your…

  • Cross-Bridging: Mine the Gap

    Even a God 
Ruling in heaven 
Teaching on earth 
Dwelling in hearts 
Is not 
Big enough 
Elastic enough 
Loving enough 
To contain 
My pain 
And yours 
When we 
Are the cause

  • Self-Pitiless

    We need to learn 
Compassion for our Self 
Yet show it no 
Pity

  • Divine Dial Tone: Continuity vs Quality

    I need Quality Time Alone with God I also need Continuity Time When I am not

  • Ruth The Day

    She could look backward At everything that had gone wrong That made her life so difficult And uncertain Or… She could accept The present As a gift

  • Redeeming Animism, Part 2: Coyote Wiled

    Redeeming Animism, Part 2: Coyote Wiled

    E. Hey there, Qhuinn, is that really you? Do you remember me? [I nearly fall over as he sits up and starts speaking in a perfect British accent] Q. Of course I remember you, old fellow, it just takes a while to get all the different instincts under control.

  • Un-Stoned, Part II (John 11:35)

    Because even though He is big enough To contain all our sorrow He is close enough To feel it To the depths of His Being And even overflowing.

  • Un-Stoned, Part I (John 11:39)

    Now, let’s not be hasty here. Yeah, I know you’re God and all-knowing and all that. But, let’s be honest, you haven’t really been around for a while. I’m not sure you fully, ah, appreciate what’s on the other side of that stone.

  • Dream: Haunted Hotel

    Dream: Haunted Hotel

    A Parable of the Church?

  • I Wanna Be A Loser

    I Wanna Be A Loser

    I wanna lose the Election 
The Argument 
The Fight 
So everyone will think I’m wrong 
Even though God knows I’m right

  • Redeeming Animism, Part 1: Animal Spirits

    Redeeming Animism, Part 1: Animal Spirits

    For us Elder Ones, everything that you consider “survival of the fittest” — such as feeding, mating, nurturing — is experienced as an act of worship. Yes, there are concrete biological and informational components to each of those, but the underlying motive is best characterized as “worship.”

  • Dream: Unboxed

    Dream: Unboxed

    Our church may need to move. The dogs represent 
Our unmanaged problems 
Or unresolved issues.

  • Function(Spirit): Word -> World

    Lord help me 
To empty my Self 
So your Spirit can flow 
In me and through me 
To bring Your living Word 
To my dying World

  • Reblog: THE HIDDEN BLESSING IN THE DECAY OF THE WORLD SYSTEM

    Sam said it better than I could myself: For the first time, perhaps in their entire lifetimes, Christians may no longer feel entirely at home in the world. Indeed, many of us may feel like strangers in a strange land. And that is exactly as it should be. THE HIDDEN…