Psalm 152

By The Psalmist Amundson aka Tanpants

Hashem we have heard of the magical signal the brought instant knowledge

The signal you gave to our fore-bearers, aka us here in this class last week

A divine spark that you demonstrated to the people

A sign that you had truly blessed us

We search for this signal

Oh Hashem my god bring back magically the signal

Make us wise once more

For it is through the corporate thought of endless electronic signals that we find peace

We find contact outside of this one place in which or bodies are trapped to be most affirming to our small lives

To think that we may not be able to change our mood online, leaves us trapped in this sense of melancholy

What must we do to prove our worth of the magic wireless?

Must we grovel to the IT lords, or will you bring it back on your own.

For we truly would rather find peace in your name then in an email from IT.

Oh wireless come back, Oh Hashem connect us again.

To Travel Beyond

For when we landed a man on the moon we dazzled at our own brilliance

All at once we forgot the cradle where we had come from

That God created a world full of life for us to be a part of

Yes there is a joy to travel beyond, but that we care for it as our home

Thankful

As we consider a season in which we have a life of plenty.  It is a time we remember that plenty is not something had by all at anytime in history.  This holiday season we must ask ourselves if we truly have dreamed big enough to think of a world where all have plenty.  The possibility of a world where people feel they can make the best of what they are given is long overdue.  It is my hope that you can share a dream of a better world sometime during this holiday season.  Realize it is the only way that we can hope for a better tomorrow.  Dream big. 

A message

Amos 5:18-24 (NRSV)

¹⁸Alas for you who desire the day of the Lord!
   Why do you want the day of the Lord?
It is darkness, not light;
¹⁹   as if someone fled from a lion,
   and was met by a bear;
or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall,
   and was bitten by a snake.
²⁰Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light,
   and gloom with no brightness in it? 

²¹I hate, I despise your festivals,
   and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
²²Even though you offer me your burnt-offerings and grain-offerings,
   I will not accept them;
and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals
   I will not look upon.
²³Take away from me the noise of your songs;
   I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
²⁴But let justice roll down like waters,
   and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. 

 

A Message to the Church

To the church who is crying out in the wilderness, “Oh where are the young?”  

To a church that creates self worth around the amount of grey hair in the pew.  

To a church that says young people are of value 

and yet do not empower the disenfranchised voices of the world.  

You beg God that your institution, 

the one to which have dedicated your life, 

may not die. 

You beg for a new generation to see the beauty and love of God.  

I pray that you recognize what this next generation begs for:

The new generation is avoiding your pews not because they are too hard, 

but because their form has not been challenged.  

The words from your pulpit have instead made the pews soft, 

made the people comfortable, 

and made our God tame.  

Our God, Our Jesus, Our Spirit are not docile.  They are ALIVE and they are FREE.  

Young people want to live, 

they want to engage in the dialectic of the divine.  

The dialogue of how to change the world in which we live, 

to create a kingdom of God.

They want what YOU WANT

To live with the image of a new world

To experience a world that creates opportunity for ALL GOD’s PEOPLE

Hope

As we walk through our lives we must continue to search for what hope there is.  We have a duty to not only search, but to create hope for others.  In our daily lives look for places to create hope for others and in their eyes hope will develop for you.  For God knows that in others hope we create our own hope.  

Take a break

Can you imagine a day where all you have to do is relax?  Relaxation in which you feel no pressure, no guilt, and can face the next day with the most energy possible.  The value of a Sabbath is amazingly powerful in a human life.  Learning to relax as well as we work and play is a skill that our ancestors found and respected.  I am not saying we need to halt all society one day a week, but learn how to halt all things that make you worry and stress one day a week.  In this peace we hear our inner thoughts, we hear God, and we can hear our neighbors in need.  Take time for yourself, take a Sabbath and know that you are able to relax completely.

Grace and Enthusiastic Peace

Finding Peace in any Moment

In our constantly faster moving society it is important to step back and breathe from time to time. In this relaxing we will notice God around us. I realize this post is a lot like yesterday, but in worldly stress it is very important to continually remind yourself of God's peace.

I pray for each of you a moment of peace in your day.