In the Beginning...

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Empires come and go. God’s dominion stays.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

You amaze me – at least once every day. Or if I’m paying some attention, every hour. On some days more often than that. I imagine that if I could be so attentive, I might be amazed from moment to moment, like a curious child.

We let common life obscure the uncommon facts of life on Earth, our uncommon personal life stories, the uncommon creativity and achievements of humanity. That lightbulb everyone is so anxious to change, for instance. It’s a great metaphor for the light you provide, being taken for granted, yet so vital and so miraculous – if we pay attention.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“In the beginning, I didn’t know a word.”

[John might have written something like it, but He didn’t say it.]

D. Blog: Balancing Acts

Neighbor cat chases a squirrel in our yard. It’s probably just practice for the well-fed cat, but no game for the squirrel. Survival of the fittest? I wonder. Perhaps it’s simply part of an amazingly complex balancing act that nature performs.

As for humans, are we resilient enough, strong-minded enough, fit enough to survive the coming decline (collapse) of the fossil fuel balance that our population depends upon?