Musing Mystic Blog

“Seek and you will surely find.”

Without understanding the depth and meaning of myth, there is little hope of ever grasping the beauty and richness of the text …

Theologians, have – let’s just call it – a bit of a thing for Dostoevsky. I first noticed the term Holy Fool …

Lament To Rory

Fallen Brother dear There’s a whimpering amongst the saplings, the more mature trees give heartfelt cry.  The forest man, so fine and …

God’s Eyes

Ravaged and broken body no muscle left to flex and tall tales condemned to silence, by undone, struck dumb, muted, tongue. But …

In Solidarity

‘There is no Me without the We’! There is no Me without the We, and there is no We without the Me.  …

What tales could be told of a friendship that has run unabated for nearly half a century? What is the nucleus of …

Suffering Servants

Among the recurring themes in my posts is that embracing weakness and vulnerability rather than power is spirituality 101. This is not …

My last two posts were concerned with two brief passages from Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians. This post continues to draw …

I just couldn’t move on from that trouble prone, first century, Jewish misfit mystic, Paul, without a few more words regarding his approach …

Amongst the points I have stressed in my previous posts about pacifism, Blessed are the peacemakers, and Christian pacifists; is the inescapable …

If you looking for a mission statement, that defines the life and work of the Galilean, the ultimate ‘God with Skin on …

Historically, many young men have been easily seduced by the imagined glory of war, and old men are all too often the …