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June 14: Watch This:
Then ask yourself: what if i lived my life like the character in this animation short? What if my life had a similar beginning, middle and end as this clip?
Where could you go?
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May 31: Namaste
I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells.
I honor the place in you which is of love, of truth, of light, and of peace.
When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, we are one.
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May 30: What would it take?
So, I'm moving to the Virgin Islands, where the cost of getting anything there is a duty of 30-40%. This means that I really can't afford to take anything big, heavy, or of large quantity. Which really means that I can't take much at all. So here I am faced with this reality: to follow this dream, I have to essentially sell/give away everything I have accumulated over the last 9 years of adult life.
Did my life just turn into an afterschool cliche? I mean really...WTH? So i'm looking around my house and you know what I've thought? "This is a bunch of junk!" Stuff that was so important to HAVE (like the rug in my living room from switzerland) are now just extra baggage I have to get rid of.
The surprising thing is, though, that there is a profound peace coming to me from this process. Many of you reading this might be getting ready for college and thinking, "what do I need to take with me?"
Please hear me when I say to you that this is a really important decision...will you choose to have all the "stuff" of the the typical American Material Girl (boy)? Will you spend (waste?) as much energy as I have accumulating material things, or will you go off to college armed only with what you need to survive, trusting that God will give you the fun experiences and friends that make Wii's and Cases of DVD's seem pretty low and silly. Nothing we can make will ever beat the power of our imagination...and every time we focus on a TV or game station or other distraction, we're sacrificing time we could have spent listening to the hopes of someone's heart, or laughing with strangers, or changing our world. I think i'm done hiding.
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May 21: High Point one step closer
St. Mary's Episcopal Church wants to meet with me June 7-8 in High Point, NC. This position is for a parish youth worker, and the church seems pretty cool! |
May 20: VI One step closer
The Diocese of the Virgin Islands will be flying me down for a week long conversation about living there, goals and objectives, job and life realities, and give me a chance to walk around a bit.
I'll be leaving sometime the week of June 22, and will return by July 1.
I'm also kicking around a fundraising and goodbye party sometime this summer... |
May 20: Guided Meditation
Here's Something I found in the depths of my PC that is just too cool not to post. I made it for a parish visit to St. James' Westwood years ago, and it was pretty popular then.
Just click the link above, choose "open with Windows Media Player" and give it a minute or two to download. |
May 15: Making Decisions
What is it that makes something so easy to "just do it." I wrote an email today that is going to turn my world upside down. I am taking a risk and a gigantic leap literally across oceans to follow some kind of deep leading, and it's almost easy! I remember when I applied for the DYM job here in Southern Ohio...everything just went so easily it seemed: I interviewed, accepted, moved, and never had any doubt.
This move feels the same, simple, crazy, but "right?"
Here is where I guess I find out how many people actually check this site out...because this evening I get to formally tell you all that I will be leaving Ohio and accepting a call as the Missioner for Youth and Young Adult ministries in the Diocese of the Virgin Islands. I'll be going for a visit in the next mont or two, and moving to St. Thomas in Aug-Sept.
The truly ironic thing is how subtle little things add together: when I was in high school (boys will be boys) I joked about someday living in the Virgin Islands. I grew up at St. Thomas Church, I learned relational ministry in the hills of Appalachia, fell in love with Island life in New Zealand, developed a multicultural approach to ministry throughout my time in Ohio, and have literally developed the perfect skill set for what they need in this paradise.
Now, if i can survive without being sunburnt every day and annual skin cancer tests... |
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