Poet and Author
Deeper than words is the Word. Deeper than the abstract is the Incarnate. Deeper than hacking life is Life. Therefore, if language is to be good, then it must be in covenant with the truth. And if the truth is to be good, it must offer me the choice to give myself freely to it. In a word, it must be beautiful. And if the long arm of coercion removes the trees called the True and the Good from the Garden, chopping them to stumps, then the tree called Beauty, pushing up from the homely root of self-giving love, will stretch out its bows and do the work of all three.
Recent Articles
When the Candle Watched Me Pray
July 28, 2016The candle burns at faithful tapered end A flame I cannot touch but is a friend To every breath of hope that will ascend If I abide in Him who calls me friend Her light bears me a witness to the truth That God is light and love and will forsooth Lead me into that light […]
Life-Giving Limitations
July 23, 2016Freedom and joy come by the acceptance of our limitations, by realizing that in fact these actually define who I am as a unique person. When John Adams wrote the Massachusetts constitution (the oldest written constitution in the world, by the way, older than the US Constitution), he wrote, “All men are born with equal […]
Choose Joy
July 17, 2016In a world whose troubles dwarf our own, is joy possible—even permissible? Samuel Shoemaker said, “The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.” I believe him. The problem is how do we get hold of joy in the midst of the pressure, pain, and disappointments that are also part of […]
Les Stations De Méditation
Places to Pause, Ponder, and Wonder
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The Windhover
I have meditated much on this poem, and it becomes deeper and richer the more I do. ~ km To Christ Our Lord I caught this morning morning’s minion, king- dom of daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding High there, how he rung […]
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Memoirs and Biographies
Here is a list of memoirs and biographies that serve as a model for resurrection-relevant living. They are women and men primarily from the past three centuries who reached across cultures for the sake of the One they loved and the Ones He loved. Comment on these as you read them.
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I Shall Follow Tom
I Shall Follow Tom by Kurt Frederick Mähler kurtmahler.com On hearing the news of the murder of one of my mentors, optometrist Tom Little, in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, after a medical expedition to Nuristan. Tom had given thirty-seven years of service to the Afghan people, risking his life to provide life when others had evacuated […]
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Rembrandt in the Storm
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) painted only one seascape: Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1633) — the original remains missing to this day with its theft from a Boston estate in 1990. Disciples Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record this event. Here is a link to the painting, which you can explore in […]
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Beautiful, Good, and True: A Worship Mix
I have mixed three Bethel Music albums: The Loft Sessions, Synesthesia, and Without Words 1. I have found this to be helpful. Once you have done this as well and listened to it for a time, share your thoughts with me.
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The Path of Dan
The Path of Dan by Kurt Frederick Mähler kurtmahler.com In contemplation of the murder of one of my mentors, community development coordinator Dan Terry, in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, after a medical expedition to Nuristan. He and his wife, with their three daughters, served across political, ethnic and religious boundary lines through a monarchy, a dictatorship, […]