Barbara Brown Taylor was talking about the meaning of old words yesterday, or words from other languages, which including the word "Flaneur." The meaning of the word: basic meanings of "stroller", "lounger", "saunterer", "loafer"—which itself comes from the French verb flâner, which means "to stroll" (From Wikipedia).
More or less kind of like a nomad.
Not quite another word for pilgrim, but a helpful word.
Today, the word is "Flaneur."
Buen camino,
B
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
First Reading from BEYOND ACCESSIBILITY
Nice, friendly gathering at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC for a reading from BEYOND ACCESSIBILITY.
Next stop? Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC!
B
Next stop? Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC!
B
Thursday, April 22, 2010
The Movement of the Road...
Richard Rohr makes this point: the beauty of Catholicism--or catholicism--is the process theology of the Church. Take the stations of the cross: it moves along the route, from Gethsemane to Golgotha, with people who help Jesus along the way, e.g., Joseph of Arimethea, Veronica, Mary Magdalene.
In life, we move along the way with God bringing friends and associates along the way in unexpected places. Today was such a day. I kept on meeting I had appointments with, and people I had not seen for a long time.
It was a day to see, greet, and be with friends.
Pace!
Buen camino!
B
Monday, April 19, 2010
BEYOND ACCESSIBILITY: In Your Bookstores Now
Book Nine is out: BEYOND ACCESSIBILITY: TOWARD FULL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN FAITH COMMUNITIES (Church Publishing, 2010)!
Book Ten: PRACTICING PILGRIMAGE: A HOW-TO MANUAL TO BECOMING A PILGRIM PEOPLE.
Stay tuned...even more coming...
Pace!
B
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Returning to a Well Known Land
It is incredibly weird being at Princeton Seminary.
I went here for my M.Div. degree from 1980-1983. I learned a lot in my time here. I was being fashioned and formed into a Presbyterian minister.
I am not the same person.
I've been here before and felt some sense of "Oh, I know this place!" But this time, it is a little bit less familiar.
It is new land on familiar terrain.
Buen Camino!
Pace!
B
I went here for my M.Div. degree from 1980-1983. I learned a lot in my time here. I was being fashioned and formed into a Presbyterian minister.
I am not the same person.
I've been here before and felt some sense of "Oh, I know this place!" But this time, it is a little bit less familiar.
It is new land on familiar terrain.
Buen Camino!
Pace!
B
Monday, April 12, 2010
Embarking on a Journey
From Pema Chodron, a Buddhist Nun:
Embarking on the spiritual journey is like getting into a very small boat and setting out on the ocean to search for unknown lands. With whole hearted practice comes inspiration, but sooner or later we will also encounter fear. For all we know, when we get to the horizon, we are going to drop off the edge of the world. Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's waiting out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.
Wise words for the pilgrimage of life.
Buen Camino!
Brett
Embarking on the spiritual journey is like getting into a very small boat and setting out on the ocean to search for unknown lands. With whole hearted practice comes inspiration, but sooner or later we will also encounter fear. For all we know, when we get to the horizon, we are going to drop off the edge of the world. Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's waiting out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.
Wise words for the pilgrimage of life.
Buen Camino!
Brett
Monday, April 5, 2010
Living in the Power of Resurrection: Easter Monday
The day after.
Or is the day that everything truly has changed?
Are we not living in the power of resurrection?
Richard Rohr suggests that the resurrection of Lazarus, which he needed the Christ to rise from the dead, is emblematic of what we are to do and be: we are to live in the power of resurrection, in which we are and are becoming the life of the resurrected Christ.
We live and are inspired by the resurrection event.
Feel it?
Trying to let go and feel it...be in it...be it...
Buen camino!
B
Or is the day that everything truly has changed?
Are we not living in the power of resurrection?
Richard Rohr suggests that the resurrection of Lazarus, which he needed the Christ to rise from the dead, is emblematic of what we are to do and be: we are to live in the power of resurrection, in which we are and are becoming the life of the resurrected Christ.
We live and are inspired by the resurrection event.
Feel it?
Trying to let go and feel it...be in it...be it...
Buen camino!
B
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