Writing from the Unconscious
Saturday, March 3rd. The 11th day of Lent.
There are two common paths to writing for me. One is to open a hatch in my basement and reach into the soupy liquid of my unconscious...
The Gospel According To
Wednesday, February 29th. The 8th day of Lent.
I heard Ian Cron read from his memoir last year at Laity Lodge. He described a mystical experience he had on a Saturday morning when he was ten...
The Way of Wandering
Tuesday, February 28th. The 7th day of Lent.
This post is a follow up to some things I wrote about on Saturday.
If the mythic framework of your childhood world no longer satisfies, you can hit...
Compassion Fatigue
Monday, February 27th. The 6th day of Lent.
There was this moment in 2009 when I knew for sure that I had to get out of the ministry. It was on a Wednesday night and...
Never Scoff at a True Believer
Saturday, February 25th. The fourth day of Lent.
Rules for Living #29: Never Scoff at a True Believer
A true believer is culturally unconscious. They are completely at peace with Mother Culture because they are unaware...
Toward the Negev
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found
Was blind but now I see.
When I was a boy resting in the bosom of my people,...
Elegy for Grandmother
Her body was ancient when this age began. And before her embodiment she was whispered from one savage ear to the next. She has suckled countless human generations, her stories the first they heard...
An Uncomfortable Silence
Not everything I write for the High Calling is appropriate for the Squid. But I think maybe this piece is.
In a documentary I recently saw, an Inuit child was happily romping around inside her...