[0.07]

So if dying then just feels like
one is dying and has no life
And if breaking feels like
heart breaks and it aches

In You I find my place
All I need is to love
and let you love through me.
And trust
You make something beautiful
Out of me.

••here I am••

if I am not from here
I was born where rainbows are stored
if I am not from here
I came from where flowers are before
they blossom
if I am not from here
I am home in your laughter

Before I was
You saw my face
Before I was
Softly You spoke to me
Before I was
I was known by you and you alone

You had a dream
and made me in to being
Now here I am
Send me.

[00.07]

would you just hold my hand
and sit with me here, quiet
hold me that i know we are
still real
listen to the quiet
still until morning

after dawn
if we don't tell them
the rocks would cry out
but i am so afraid
tangled in my own perception
infinite
shake off jealousy
shake off disappointment
even if bare would hurt more
don't let them clothe you

teach my heart to smile
we are not there yet

O.O

[i like this man
honestly
he looks so directly at me
without fear
gentle but strong
i don't think i could tame this one
which makes it fun
all i can do is to wait
let him decide
make up his mind
i take no control


And no, he's not mine
I don't think he is anyones
in this place we don't own people
if you love
you let them go
fly free
and come back]

[a puzzle piece]

You seem to bring the best out of me
at least, I really want to be all I can
And when you pay attention
You make me feel at home
And I readily forgive when you don't
and yet I don't feel like I deserve you
There are thousand of others
Who would be happy with you too
Yet you make me constantly smile and 
I like the way you think
And I like
But I don't know how I feel about it
As I know how you feel (well you don't)
But where you want to go I want to follow
Your people are now my people too
and I would like to learn to serve you
Discover the path to your heart,
If I am allowed to go.
Could be that it is for someone else.
In that case, close the door. Quick.

[da daa da daaa]

"What the water wants is hurricanes,
and sailboats to ride on its back.
What the water wants is sun kiss,
and land to run into and back.
I have a fish stone burning my elbow,
reminding me to know that I'm glad
that I have a bottle filled with my old teeth.
They fell out like a tear in the bag.
And I have a sister somewhere in Detroit
She has black hair and small hands.
And I have a kettledrum
I'll hit the earth with you.
And I will crochet you a hat.
And I have a red kite;
I'll put you right in it.
I'll show you the sky"

Brian McLaren rebuilds spirituality

"“Oh I’m spiritual and not religious” is just a cop-out. But—and I think it is a cop-out—but I think it’s more than a cop-out. For a lot of people, I think it’s a very well thought-out statement. And I suggest in the book that I think people mean four things when they say, “I’m spiritual but not religious.” First they mean, “I don’t believe that secular science and politics and economics have all the answers.” But they’re also saying, “I don’t think organized religion has all the answers.” And of course, what they mean by “organized religion” is worth explanation, but what they’re saying is a widespread feeling, and that is that whatever religion is doing, it’s organizing people for the wrong purposes. It’s organizing people to go to war against each other, it’s organizing people to hate each other, it’s organizing people to just create a little wall that they throw other people out of and just protect themselves inside, and something inside people says, “I don’t think that’s what we need.” So, “I’m spiritual but not religious,” means, “I don’t think science has all the answers, I don’t think organized religion has all the answers.” And then, third, I think it means there are practices I try to engage in that keep my sensitivity and awareness to this higher dimension alive and growing, but of course, this is where the problem comes for so many people; they know this would make sense for them to do, but nobody offers them a helpful way to do that. And this is one of the great opportunities, I think, for our church is in youth groups and ministries, that if we can address that legitimate spiritual hunger in people and offer them a way of life, a path, a way of developing their life with God, rooted in the Scriptures, centered on Christ, I think this is a great opportunity and a great need we can help meet."


Read the full interview: Brian McLaren rebuilds Spirituality on RELEVANT magazine