Got Your Bucket List?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Peace and justice are conjoined and inseparable twins.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,
My body deteriorates.
My spirit matures.
My soul expands with the universe.
You make room for me.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Location, location, location.”

[What He did not say when He looked down on Jerusalem.]

D. Blog: Awesome Life

I’ve said it many times, I’ll say it again many times: Life is Awesome!

Thunder and lightning get our attention. They inspire wonder, fear, curiosity, mystery, all certain to make us think of something beyond ourselves. They remind us of our mortality. Are we prepared for death? Are we prepared to encounter what might come after death? Curious how that “natural” phenomenon evokes such things in us.

I’ve also said many times and say again: People create some awesome things. Who would expect that a play - a comedy - about stock car racing could touch on themes of love and dreams and gender and sexual orientation, and self-esteem and predestination? Or that a movie about two old men dying of incurable cancer could inspire joy and love and a sense of wonder at the gift of life and this amazing planet?

If we are wired for spirituality, we are also wired for art, both “natural” and from human creativity.