progressive Christian thought

Celestial dance — Steve Garnaas-Holmes

Who knew it would be so like looking into the human soul, the wonder and mystery, the light and dark so mingled, each made glorious by the other, the awe at how one can overcome and the other relent for a while— and how unlike, this celestial dance laid out since the beginning, while your […]

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Waiting Prayers – Sam Goodman, UK

(somewhere between prose/poetry and prayer) So many of my prayers Are in the ether in hospital chapels Littered at school gates Waiting for the no.29 bus to town And many of my prayers Are wept over graveyards Scattered like confetti at weddings Joyful at newborn pics A lot of my prayers scramble to decide What […]

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Walking with Death — Ana Gobledale, UK

‘Until we meet again; don’t know where, don’t know when.’ Death accompanies us all. Waiting silently for acceptance. Not frightening, except for those who fear shadows. Peaceful. I’m grateful for those who show me how to transition from the life we know into this unknowable mystery. So many names and angles of understanding: eternity, resurrection, […]

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