by Rev Alisha

Tag: christianity

  • What if?

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    So many wasted years, learning to use, control the brain, mold it, bend it, brainwash, praise and strain it. To work and work it, hit it against the wall until the obstacle breaks, Brute strength. The coldness of its cement, ‘crisp and clear’ they say,but it led my spirit into fear. Fear of my heart…

  • Bow down, sow here

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    (A response to Galatians 6: 1-17) Bend down lower, right down to your knees, feel the ground, the dirt, the worms, the matter of you and me. See how it holds magic and mystery as it grows and produces, see how the brown and the wet is the earth’s golden juices. You could almost drink…

  • Hope in the Divine Feminine

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    (A response to Psalm 30) I remember a time not far from my mind when it was cold, damp and empty above me, below me, in front and behind. A time when I was surrounded by the suffocating smog when our greed, waste and suffering was human’s repeating monologue. It was just a moment ago…

  • Oneness in Opposites

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    Even though my very intention of creating this site was to connect body and mind, in reality, I don’t actually practice it. Who has time to sit still, or breathe through stretches or feel the vibrations against your throat through chanting? Even when I do have time to do it, it’s rarely the first thing…

  • Magic

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    Since I have started this new job as a group facilitator for seniors, I have been run off my feet. The work itself is not tiring. In fact, it’s when I’m able to do the work that I can slow down and be filled with life. It’s all the other things that get in the…

  • Where she lives

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    (A response to 1 Kings 19:1-15) Listen quickly to the sounds all around,buzzing cars, espresso machines, coal mines digging up the ground The wonder of humanity and its constant exploration, of things hidden and distant, entering the puzzle of creation. And as wonderful and convenient as technology has become, I wonder if it distracts us,…

  • Trinity Sunday

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    Trinity Sunday was last Sunday and it was a day that marked, coincided and complimented the start of Pentecost. The spirit is with us, it is always with us, it has always been with us. The recognition of this doctrine that the church has deduced from our scripture (the term ‘Trinity’ isn’t actually in the…

  • Can you feel her?

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    (A response to Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31) Rising morning light whispers through the quilted covers,Illuminating bone and skin like a dreaming, endless summer. These first conscious breaths fill the soul with deep awakening, grown from deep wisdom, solemn ritual, the spirit’s constant enlightening. Maybe here under covers in the heat of the sun’s first glowis where…

  • A New Beginning

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    I carry a torch in one hand, and a bucket of water in the other:with these things I am going to set fire to Heavenand put out the flames of HellSo that voyagers to Godcan rip the veilsAnd see the real goal. – Rabia This past week the story of Genesis 2 has been floating…

  • Pentecost, Shavuot

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    The season of Pentecost occurs 7 weeks after Easter when, in Acts 2, the spirit of God came into all the people. Yesterday, Sunday June 9th, marked the beginning of this season. I particularly like that the English translations say the rush of wind came from heaven and not that it ‘descended’ from heaven. There…