Nature & Grace Journal
ABOUT THE JOURNAL…
This blog began as a quarterly print journal from Autumn, 1997-Spring, ‘98. Nature and Grace Journal was 4 pages, then 8, reflecting on the ‘God and us’ situation. I’d make a hundred copies at Kinko’s and plant them in the entrance of the church I attended, the 10:30 Catholic Community. Our top-notch Denver independent bookstore, Tattered Cover Books, allowed me to place a stack in the Religion/Spirituality section.
By the third issue I had 35 paying subscribers, and it was seen by Father Richard Rohr who asked to reprint an excerpt in his then-newsprint journal, Radical Grace…. read more
Archive
How Much Like God Are We Allowed: The First In A Series
In Genesis, God creates us in the Divine image, called “tzelem,” and likeness, called “demut.” Tselem doesn’t mean “we look like God” because, duh: what does God look like, not having a physical body? Instead, we are like God in that we are makers of things, of machines, of bombs, of art, of love. Unlike God, though, we can not make things out of nothing.
Things I Am Not In Control Of - Other Peoples’ Suicides
It is important for those who’ve lost someone to suicide, that we examine the awful guilt we take on. We feel guilt when those we tried so hard to protect manage to escape our efforts to manage their depression, addiction or self-hate and despair.
Age-ing Into Sage-ing (I Hope)
… the other day I participated in a gathering of other spiritual directors to spend a morning in engagement with Death. We explored our individual, tiny losses as ways to prepare, as the Tibetans do, for our own eventual deaths.