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Footprints in the Windsm # 1348–A life of conversation looks like this:

Footprints in the Windsm # 1348

A life of conversation looks like this:

Grandchildren one on one and in circles. Family gathering. One on one with the family of humankind, whomever we meet out and about. Inviting something deeper in conferences.

Spirit flowing and ebbing among us. Awash we are in conversing. Leaning in. Sharing to the bone: heart deep and spirit high.

Standing in the face of power and stupidity and cupidity. Speaking the truth of love. The greatest of these, the yet more excellent way.

Helping children and parents care for one another. Helping families care for one another. Families gathering through crisis, becoming stronger, deeper. Families gathering. Working through fear of one another to forgiveness, love, gratitude, wholeness, goodbye.


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Published in: FootprintsintheWind/sm | on July 31st, 2013 | No Comments »

God is pregnant

Perhaps God is pregnant
the field of fields
in whom in here & out there
are as meaningless
as he, she, it, void, words
and as placeless
as creating, concentrated intense loving

:- Doug.

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Jesus was God saying, You too!

Jesus was God saying, You too!

:- Doug.

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Seeing through

God inhabits life
God is life
We only need
What’s in front of our eyes
To see through

:- Doug.

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Pretty much everything is spiritual

Pretty much everything is spiritual
Some say spirit must start with the body
Yes, and….

:- Doug.

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I love you

I love you
says what matters
are our betweenings

:- Doug.

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fold in some gratitude

To smooth the edges of anger
fold in some gratitude
for anything at all

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on July 30th, 2013 | No Comments »

Creative responsibility

Let us for one another
Create our responsibility
Together

:- Doug.

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Not right by design

Not right by design
It takes some fiddling
To arrive not at perfection
Better

:- Doug.

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Dreaming continually?

What if we were dreaming continually? What if not just at night and not just staring out a window but every moment? Might it be possible that our faculty for dreaming, or the stream of dreamings we float upon, is continually moving through and under us, that the sleeping variety and the daydream variety are simply the dreams coming visible when some other faculty becomes quiet? Might that explain some things, like why we do unexplainable things, or fall in love?

:- Doug.

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If you have divinity on your shoulder

Writes Jack Foster: “But if nothing else happens with your idea, if it doesn’t help someone, if it doesn’t save or fix or create something, if it doesn’t make something better or solve some problem, what good is it really?” How To Get Ideas, p 175. Which prompts me to ask, if you have divinity on your shoulder, if you are a piece of God in the world, then what good is God if you don’t create and implement?

:- Doug.

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Yes, and…

Yes, and…
Applies equally to Improv
& God
And really
They are related
Is God in this church? Yes, and…
That congregation?
That philosophy?
This agnostic?
Does God love you?
Yes, and…
As small as a flea?
As large as the cosmos?
Yes and…

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on July 29th, 2013 | No Comments »

The picture is not the person

The picture is not the person, the map is not the territory, the plan is not the carrying out. If you have a picture of God, it could be preventing you from seeing God.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on July 29th, 2013 | No Comments »

G is in the ambulances

G is in the ambulances
& G is in the winds

:- Doug.

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Two ambulances passed

Two ambulances passed
on a busy street
one going out, one coming in
Stir the winds, sirens
Stir the winds, prayer

:- Doug.

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Prayer is stirring the winds

Prayer is stirring the winds.

:- Doug.

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Footprints in the Windsm # 1347–Prophetic work: gathering the people

Footprints in the Windsm # 1347

This is prophetic work, this gathering the people, speaking forth our wholeness together. Prophets gather the beloved community. Prophesy gathering wholeness.


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Published in: FootprintsintheWind/sm | on July 28th, 2013 | No Comments »

Journey of life

The journey of life
Here and there
By quantum leaps

:- Doug.

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In the presence of all this!

Joy!
In the presence of
All this!

Joy!
Fire!
All this!
Right here-now!

:- Doug.

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The early morning stream

The early morning stream
giving off
mist

The early morning gathering
giving off
G

:- Doug.

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Not yours, not hers

Not yours, not hers
let me die
my death

Not hers, not yours
let me do
my work

:- Doug.

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These

As we go deeper into G
The more G looks like
These

:- Doug.

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But where are the ones

Those there are who hold authority is in church
Those there are who hold authority is in Bible
But where are the ones who find it in G?

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on July 27th, 2013 | No Comments »
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