You have not danced so badly, my dear, Trying to hold hands with the Beautiful One. You have waltzed with great style, My sweet, crushed angel, To have ever neared God’s Heart at all. Our Partner is notoriously difficult to follow, And even His best musicians are not always easy to hear. So what if [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Art’
July 11, 2010
Go and Do Likewise
Check out my latest post at From the Pews in the Back. It’s a reflection on today’s Sunday readings, entitled, “Go and Do Likewise.”
February 20, 2010
I Think God Moves in People
Sometime before midnight on New Years Eve I found myself nuzzled into the living room couch with another friend who studies theology in graduate school. Amid the dancing, yelling, and clamoring of glasses at the party that surrounded us, she spoke one of the most simple, profound things I had heard about God in a [...]
October 31, 2009
Wally’s Cathedral
The liturgy begins when a handsome young man, dressed neatly in an argyle sweater, lifts the worn brass trumpet to his lips. His eyes are closed, his composure calm. With just one breath, everything in the tiny cathedral comes to a halt. We remove drink classes and beer bottles from our lips. Bar chatter hushes. [...]
August 7, 2009
From My Dream of A Common Language
I spent the evening at ArtXchange, a gallery in downtown Seattle dedicated to promoting cultural exchange through the art they showcase. As I studied the featured exhibit by Deborah Kapoor against the captivating, meditative chant of a live Indian music group, I kept thinking about how my love of art is so bound up with [...]
