May, or May Not?
Happy May Day! I was born and raised in a place where May was an important month, where May meant something. May was spring. It was much less likely to snow in May than in the months before it, and more likely to rain. The snow that had piled up over the winter would be ...
My Companionship
I have many companions on my pilgrimage, but few with which I have direct contact every day. I have known one of my closest companions for only a couple of years, and he plays a central role in almost everything I do online. He helps me with each word I post on my blog, most ...
Lent Reflection: Recovering Attorney
I am a recovering attorney. I decided to become a lawyer as a child. My choice was shaped by books I read and the people I saw on television. There were no lawyers in my family, and I had never met a lawyer in person. I did not know what practicing law really meant. I ...
Valentine’s Love & Appreciation
Love means different things to different people. Some of us see hearts and flowers. Some taste very dark chocolate, sweet as well as bitter. Some of us see another person’s face, or the light in a child’s eyes. Some find love in our dog or our cat. Some of us think of making love, of ...
Celebrating Lent
I am part of a church that follows a liturgical calendar. Like all calendars, a liturgical calendar helps us remember the day and the season. On Wednesday we begin a new season again. Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent. Each time we get together we remind each other of our story and we share a ...
Researching 2013 Craft Brewery Pilgrimage
Though last years’s Craft Brewery Pilgrimage culminated months ago, I have not spent the winter resting. I have a long term commitment to meeting the challenges of crafting a movement and creating meaningful revelry. I am dedicated to do whatever it takes to complete the arduous work of researching and preparing for the approaching 2013 Craft Brewery ...
Becoming Like a Consuming Fire
I believe in the power of revelry, and this has been a revelrous week for me. I set goals, and I celebrate when I meet them. I create incentives and rewards to motivate myself to meet my goals, even beyond the satisfaction I get just from meeting them. As my goals grow, my revelry grows ...
Celebrating the Life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta over ten years after Nelson Mandela was born in South Africa, and over two years before Desmond Tutu was born. He is the only African-American person, as well as the only member of the clergy, for whom the United States has designated a national holiday. He was ...
Powerful Revelry
Some people understand revelry as a way to forget. They lose themselves in dancing, or drinking, or celebrating. They try to use revelry to escape from painful experiences or regrets. They see revelry as a way to leave things behind. Deep revelry is not focused on the past. Some people understand revelry as a way ...
So, What is this Epiphany, Anyway?
I am part of a liturgical church. Whenever we get together, we remember our story and we share a meal. Epiphany is the season that follows the twelve days of Christmas, beginning on the morning after Twelfth Night. During Epiphany we remind ourselves through our story that the Sacred is manifest in the everyday. Epiphany ...
