mecca

there is order here
serene, mathematical, brilliant

but a cacophony too,
of shape and color

things are not what they seem
she said be careful his bowtie is really a camera
that tree is really a trellis,
a strand of ancient bouganvilla,
a spacecraft.

be careful,
this thing you regret attracts.
the continuity longed for makes way for the incongruent

this is what nature uses to fill a vacuum

here iam who iam meant to be
frightens me, this alternate reality
this world of words and insight and form

i know not how to live in this,
nor where the impulse comes from,
born as I am of parents who knew only nature
never her abstraction

here lies
an unreachable labyrinth
diety’s core
spaceman’s … {read more…}

…reportedly to figure out a plan for “raising up leaders” in the postmodern/emergent church.

Friday
1:40 I’m already doing a small internal cringe. An all male, all white organizing team has pulled this together (with the pre-requisite girl-Friday doing all the administration, though she is probably brilliant and underutilized.) Not a good sign. The room is entirely white.

1:45 Correction, Karen Ward just walked in. One ethnic minority. The room is filled with brilliant minds, hilarious wits, and fabulous accents. There’s a lot of clout here, as far as pomo church goes. Yet there is a sense of holding back in the room – a bit of institutional distrust maybe? Curious.

2:00 Ah, a sigh of relief. Kiwi Steve Taylor … {read more…}