Sympathies exist,
Presentiments and signs
That baffle our mortal comprehension;
To dream or to see
Or to feel or to hear
What seems not to be there.
But such things exist,
Things beyond this earth,
Things beyond our sacred
Thoughts of heaven.
These are the things that reason defies –
But reason sometimes lies.
-Paul Gordon, “Jane Eyre”, a musical based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë
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Schwartz: Day by Day
Posted in -all posts-, religion & spirituality, tagged Day by Day, devotion, devotional, Godspell, musical theater, musical theatre, musicals, religion, religious music, song lyrics, spirituality, Stephen Schwartz, theatre, worship on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day by day
Day by day
Oh, dear Lord
Three things I pray:
To see thee more clearly
Love thee more dearly
Follow thee more nearly
Day by day
-Stephen Schwartz, Godspell
Adapted from E. Hymnal, no. 429
The Unconditional Identity
Posted in -all posts-, religion & spirituality, tagged Identity, Love, pacifism, peace, poetry, self, self-identification, soul, souls, spirituality, unconditional love, water on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Split water in thirds.
Send one third to evaporate.
Send one to freeze, then drop it
from an airplane and lose count
of its shattered pieces. Drink the last.
How like the soul, that each piece
of broken water is everything
that water is.
On the “obligation” of attending Mass
Posted in -all posts-, religion & spirituality, tagged Catholicism, ceremonies, ceremony, Christ, Christianity, church, drama, interpretive dance, Mass, reality, religion, spirituality, theater, theatre on September 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On the “obligation” of attending Mass: I respect your lifestyle, but in my worldview, ceremonies are not sacred reality; they are only interpretive dances of sacred reality. The preference of sleeping in on Sunday morning is no more a denial of Christ’s holiness than reluctance to act in “The Miracle Worker” is a denial [...]
A page that couldn’t care less
Posted in -all posts-, religion & spirituality, tagged Bible, Christianity, Faith, Life, religion, scripture, spirituality on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Church should be about God, and God is in the eyes of those who care about us…not confined to a page that couldn’t care less if it gave us a papercut!
The Restoration Mill
Posted in -all posts-, religion & spirituality, tagged abuse, Christianity, forgiveness, guilt, hate, hatred, Hell, ideas, inspiration, Jesus, Love, nonviolence, poem, poems, poetry, poets, religion, shame, sin, spirituality, Thoughts on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Did you know there is a mill in Hell
That turns sin to Love?
Yes, I knew!
For I am an ash-pot,
Kneeling, open to abuse –
the debris of Love –
And all the guilt humanity feels after burning and breaking such a Pearl.
Turning my cheek as far as it can turn,
I swallow all their deed-soot, word-soot, and guilt-soot,
Until I [...]
Gordon: Forgiveness
Posted in -all posts-, religion & spirituality, tagged spirituality, abuse, Jesus, religion, God, Love, Courage, Christianity, inspirational, Faith, philosophy, songs, motivational, musicals, abuse survivors, song lyrics, lyrics, musical theatre, musical theater, forgiveness, revenge, anger, eye for an eye, turn the other cheek, the Gospels, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, Paul Gordon, beautiful lyrics, Jane Eyre musical, Karma on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You mustn’t be revengeful.
You have to be strong;
To offer good for evil,
Return right for wrong.
We must not hold a grudge,
And we must learn to endure.
Then, as God is your judge,
At least your heart will be pure.
Forgiveness
Is the mightiest sword.
Forgiveness
Of those you hate
Will be your highest reward.
When they bruise you with words,
When they make you feel [...]
cummings: i thank You God for most this amazing
Posted in -all posts-, religion & spirituality, tagged cummings, e. e. cummings, famous poets, God, miracles, nature, nature poem, nature poetry, One God, poetry, poets, religion, spirits, spirituality on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun’s birthday;this is the birth
day of life and of love and wings:and of the gay
great [...]
Blasphemy against the devil I
Posted in -all posts-, religion & spirituality, tagged afterlife, angels, blasphemy, Christ, Christianity, devil, Faith, God, Love, love poem, poem, poetry, poets, predestination, religion, religious poetry, Satan, sin, spirituality on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You talk as if the devil gave us life,
And Christ endured the fall.
Your “Heaven” only takes predestined men;
At least Hell wants us all.
The one who carves wood figures for his fire,
Well, he might be a lord.
But surely he looks up to someone higher:
His maker, who adored.
Perhaps the angels catch us from below,
While devils stay above.
What [...]
