… watching for the brushstrokes of God
…”But the darkness pulls in everything-
shapes and fires, animals and myself,
how easily it gathers them! –
powers and people-
and it is possible a great presence is moving near me.
I have faith in nights.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
How does the night pull you in?
“In order to be effective messengers of hope, we must begin by trusting our inner voice, an inner intuition that speaks into the vast wastelands of our time. This process requires training our imagination to see beyond tribal norms, to see the vista of the wider pastures of culture. …and trust that the Spirit is already at work there.” ~ Makoto Fujimura, Art +Faith
How do you learn to trust your inner voice?
The years, the months, the days, and the hours have flown by my open window. Here and there an incident, a towering moment, a naked memory, an etched countenance, a whisper in the dark, a golden glow these and much more are the woven fabric of the time I have lived. ~ Howard Thurman
What is woven into your fabric?
Sometimes we sit at a threshold, waiting for light or watching for the next step or a path to open up. Or simply to rest for a moment. Sit on the bench awhile — rest, watch, wait.
What emerges as you rest? What are you bringing to the threshold?
“Artists already live in the abundance of God. … They hear the “music of the spheres” and desire to respond; they see a vista beyond the world of gray utility; they desire to paint in color; they dance to a tune of the Maker who leads us beyond restoration into the New World to come. God does not just mend, repair, and restore; God renews and generates, transcending our expectations of even what we desire, beyond what we dare to ask or imagine.” ~ Makoto Fujimura, Art + Faith
How do you live into the abundance of God?
Give us a song to guide our feet
as we’re marching to freedom land.
~ Common Prayer, a liturgy for ordinary radicals
What song guides your feet?
With the Eyes of the Heart 