Scripps Sundays

Last night, as I was sleeping,  I dreamt—marvelous error!— that I had a beehive  here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey  from my old failures. —Antonio Machado , from  Times Alone --------- Anna, isn't this stunning?!  💛

As you go back to your routine on campus,  remember this.... 

  You are....

  In the midst of a world ransacked by uncertainty, polarization, confusion, consumerism, and division.  I sense the Holy Spirit whispering three words to us..... "Rest, baby, rest."   Rest from the drive of achievement and accomplishment, productivity and performance.   Rest from the shoulds of everything you think should do, but God never called you to do.    Rest from the news cycles of doomsday that leave you feeling everyday is gloomsday.    Rest from the social feeds that make you feel less than, empty, reduced.    Rest, baby, rest.    Remember, Jesus' yoke is easy and light, and you never carry it alone.    "Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest.   Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.   I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep compan...

EnneaThought® for the Day Take some time for yourself: just allow yourself to be with, to see and accept whatever comes up.  Radical acceptance . Not approval, but an allowing yourself to be with whatever is arising. ohhh- I love you so! 

  I think the words to mark the last few days are best captured here:  And these quotes from the movie About Time capture the focus of the birthday weekend  that I loved so much with you....  ·         Tim  :  [voiceover]   We're all traveling through time together, every day of our lives. All we can do is do our best to relish this remarkable ride. ·         Tim  :  [voiceover]   And so he told me his secret formula for happiness. Part one of the two-part plan was that I should just get on with ordinary life, living it day by day, like anyone else. Tim  :  [voiceover]   But then came part two of Dad's plan. He told me to live every day again almost exactly the same. The first time with all the tensions and worries that stop us noticing how sweet the world can be, but the second time noticing. Okay, Dad. Let's give it a go. ·   ...

  some words to pack along for your hike...  Beloved Is Where We Begin If you would enter into the wilderness, do not begin without a blessing. Do not leave without hearing who you are: Beloved, named by the One who has traveled this path before you. Do not go without letting it echo in your ears, and if you find it is hard to let it into your heart, do not despair. That is what this journey is for. I cannot promise this blessing will free you from danger, from fear, from hunger or thirst, from the scorching of sun or the fall of the night. But I can tell you that on this path there will be help. I can tell you that on this way there will be rest. I can tell you that you will know the strange graces that come to our aid only on a road such as this, that fly to meet us bearing comfort and strength, that come alongside us for no other cause than to lean themselves toward our ear and with their curious insistence whisper our name: Beloved. Beloved. Beloved. —Jan Richardson from...

Seeing this on campus this week of course reminded me of Everything Everywhere All at Once ,  and I wanted to pass these verses and passages on to you... Thank YOU for being a radical balm of kindness.  Verse  of the day Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. - Philippians 4:5 Voice  of the day The only thing I do know is that we have to be kind. … Especially when we don't know what's going on. - Waymond Wang,  Everything Everywhere All at Once  (2022) Prayer  of the day Lord of gentleness, in a world of uncertainty and chaos, may your people be a radical balm of kindness.