He makes the best noise.
08.03.2025 18:18
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He makes the best noise.
The wall is real. Good for you getting away!!
But in the people who bear those stories, we meet the beloved community that both prefigures and prepares us for the country we’ve not yet been. The other half of history is an invitation to live into another story. ⬇️
As pilgrims in a strange land, we leave our people and place for a country as yet unknown in order to see and name the holy ground beneath our feet. This cannot be a solitary journey because it entails the sharing of very different and often painful stories. ⬇️
The other half of history doesn’t erase everything we ever thought we knew about ourselves and our God, but it does invite us to see all things in a new light. ⬇️
I woke abruptly when my alarm interrupted and an anxious dream about family and political choices. But I stepped outside to find this…. #shedmorelight
We cannot heal or honestly examine what we do not acknowledge.
We have to listen to our own experience, to our own failures, to our own sin, to our own salvation, and we’ve got to recognize that we are a part of history, of a culture, of a religious group, for good and for bad.
Biblical revelation is saying that the only way we dare move up to the story and understand it with any depth is by moving through and taking responsibility for our personal story, our group story, and other stories.
The biblical tradition takes all four domes seriously: my story, our story, other stories, and the story.
It looks like it will take us some time, perhaps centuries, to resolve the human drive to exclude, to scapegoat, to judge, and to dismiss other peoples’ stories. Only nondual thinkers, mystics, and some saints seem capable of such universal capacity.
There is only one thing more dangerous than the individual ego or my story and that’s the group ego that insists that our story is the measure of all things and so seeks to label other stories as ignorant, dangerous, or inferior. (Fr. R. Rohr, CAC daily meditation- continued)
Attitune #shedmorelight #shineon
Some days, self care looks like noise cancellation and a big fuzzy blanket in the recliner. Can’t pour from an empty cup. #shedmorelight #shineon
#pregame #shedmorelight
Right foot, left foot, rest. @annelamott.bsky.social as we #shedmorelight in even small acts.
Keep practicing resurrection … #shedmorelight #shineon
The last few nights, I have found it helpful to pray an examen prayer as I prepare to sleep. The Examen allows us to connect with God, reflect deeply, receive God‘s grace, consider what’s next. We give thanks. We get a reset. I’ll put resource recommendations in comments. #shinemorelight #shineon
#shedmorelight #shineon
Not sticking my head in the sand. And seeking the places where my community can make the world a safer, healthier, opportunity filled place for others. #shedmorelight
#pregame
aware of the weight of the call to step into pulpits this morning to speak the truth of the gospel. Even when people are unable to hear it. Praying for beloved colleagues and their resilience and bravery. For their faith and hope and a deep sense of being accompanied.
"Sin boldly." - Martin Luther
