Nov 27, 2007 | Uncategorized
1. Everybody lives by a script. The script may be implicit or explicit. It may be recognized or unrecognized, but everybody has a script. 2. We get scripted. All of us get scripted through the process of nurture and formation and...
Nov 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
If a man readily and joyfully accepts a loss for the sake of God, he is inwardly pure. And if he does not look down upon any man because of his defects, in very truth he is free. If a man is not pleased with someone who honors him, nor displeased with someone who...
Nov 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
Recently I have been hearing a lot about people with titles of ‘spiritual father’ or ‘spiritual mentor’ or, conversely, about someone being a ‘spiritual son’ or being ‘under cover’ of someone in the church. Also along similar line of thinking, there has been a...
Nov 6, 2007 | Uncategorized
There is the scream. The scream so loud it will be the last word. The scream so loud it will render the man mute. The scream so loud the man will die. You cannot release such a cry and survive. You can only release such a cry if it is the last thing you do. You...
Nov 6, 2007 | Uncategorized
I exercise my ministry as executive director of Tierra Nueva in part through my role as chaplain to inmates in a county jail and pastor to immigrants, many of whom are undocumented. I also lead retreats and teach seminars to leaders who work with people on the margins...
Oct 9, 2007 | Uncategorized
Scars 1. He shivers when I touch his scars and looks at me open like I could hurt him again I hate that. 2. Jesus, seriously get it together. You shouldn’t take this kind of shit from me. Your face is bleeding. You have bruises. You could at least lift a...
