People scurry here and there
walking briskly, more times than not, aimlessly against,
not recognizing that for which they long.
In the cities it is this way.
We keep walking.
She cuts more cebolla to put in the caldo,
beans and tortillas are in the air- kilos used to weigh so much more
when he was here,
her son now ill, she [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Adventus (On Isaiah 64)
Posted in Church - Theologizing, Poetry, tagged Advent, adventus, hope, Isaiah, Isaiah 64:1, theological poetry on Monday, November 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bumper Art
Posted in Life, Politics, tagged bumper art, bumper stickers, democrat, FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Justice, liberal, liberal thinker, Martin Luther King, San Francisco, SF Bay on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FDR has been credited with saying, “A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.”
This sentiment rings true here in the Bay area of California where it is shared by many of its residents who don’t mind voicing it either. This can be noticed especially [...]
Acceptance (or Coming Out of the Closet)
Posted in Andover Newton Theological School, Church - Theologizing, Life, UCC, tagged Acceptance, Andover Newton Theological School, belonging, Immigrant, M.Div, Master of Divinity, Rejection, UCC, United Church of Christ, vital spaces on Monday, November 9th, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What better place to come out of the closet than California. . . I’m not referring to my sexuality; this post doesn’t concern my sex of choice, yet my church of choice. For those that have known me for the past, say 5 years, know that I’ve been on a roller coaster ride with [...]
Relinquishing and Receiving
Posted in Andover Newton Theological School, Church - Theologizing, Life, Theology, UCC, tagged Andover Newton Theological School, Church, Ecumenism, essay, God, Hebrew Bible, Inter-faith, Judeo-Christian, Minister, Ministry, Old Testament, Pastor, Pluralism, Reflection, religion, Seminary, spiritual, spiritual abuse, Spirituality, Theology, UCC, United Church of Christ, Walter Brueggeman on Thursday, November 5th, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This post is one in the making. It is a story of my personal and spiritual transformation and where I am now- actually a subsequent post will talk about “where I am now”. This is taken from a “reflection essay” that was part of my application process for Andover Newton Theological School (part [...]
California Dreaming & Playing Catch-up
Posted in Life, tagged Andover Newton Theological School, Bay Area, Big Sur, Boston, California, Grand Canyon, Highway 1, Napa, New York City, Painted Desert, roadtrip, Santa Rosa, Seminary, Sonoma, Trader Joe's, Washington D.C. on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The wind has taken me to Northern California. I’ve been living in Santa Rosa since the close of August. It’s a good re-entry point for coming back into the States. We knew we were coming back for sure when I was accepted into Andover Newton Theological School in Boston, where we’ll be [...]
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