List of Creatures I've seen... Grand Cayman, BWI

School of Silversides: Tiny Minnows
School of Jacks
French Grunts
Needle fish
Juvenile French Angel Fish
Green Anemone
Shrimp
Reef Squid
Souther Stingray
Eagle ray
Turtles
Green Morey Eel
Spotted Morey
Grouper
Snapper
Spotted Drum
Fairy Basslet
Blue, Brown and Yellow Chromis
Blue and Yellow Tang
Tarpon
And...

Eden Rock: Time to Dive

Well... I'm in Grand Cayman, BWI (British West Indies) about to go diving for the 3rd time today. I used to work here, long ago. Everything has changed on the land... but underwater... oh man... is it beautiful!

We are going to dive as a whole family at a place called Eden Rock. I don't have my camera or video... all I have to do is be present...

I will write of our adventure later.

The time is now...

The time is now: To:
Love
Be Thankful
Hope
Dream
Say Hello
Reconcile Friendships
Be Family
Commit
Grieve
Laugh
Play
Sing
Relax
Be Joyful
Rest
Respond
Be at Peace
Rest
Enjoy Life
Love Abundantly
Forgive
Amen...

Maundy Thursday Thoughts

Today marks the events that transpired 2000ish years ago in the city of Jerusalem. Jesus washed his disciples feet, shared the last supper with them, cried out to God with agony and anguish to take the 'cup' from him (meaning the ensuing events that lead to his crucifixion), and was betrayed by Judas Iscariot in the garden of Gethsemane.

We remember the sacrifice, the overwhelming responsibility of our role in the death of Jesus, and we remember that we are to serve the way that Jesus served us... We must learn to be vulnerable enough to allow the Christ to wash our feet, and willing enough to wash the feet of others.

may it be so... in one word... amen

Found Art in Little Somalia

I'm about to go 'help' with a found art project for Somali relocated refugee kids. I have a feeling that it will be a challenge for me. The collision of culture tends to make me feel uncomfortable. I also feel discomfort that really knowing the kids stories don't happen quickly enough for me.
Sometimes I'm surprised at my desire for depth in relationships with out time investment. I guess I am prone to act on my consumerism... even (or especially) in relationships...

hmmm?

Knowing the path... and walking the path

In the Matrix Trilogy, two of the main characters, one named Morpheus, the other, Neo, were speaking to each other about the quest they were on.
Morpheus states that, "there is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path."
I believe that living into the path is crucial to life.
Without walking the path we sit idol.
Our apathy convinces us that we are waiting for things to happen... like the child who doesn't want to take a nap... we don't want to miss out on anything...

We are missing out while we wait...

I know the path, it's time to walk it...

Ephesians 5: 14

Sanctification is a process...

I've been thinking about sanctification... 'to be set apart for special purpose'... and I think that we all are being set apart for special purpose... isn't that what it means to be compelled to follow Jesus?

I'm learning that things like sanctification and transformation (and other words that end with 'tion') have some ambiguity around the amount of time it takes to become those things...

I don't believe one can make a case (Biblically) that God is all that interested in arrival, efficiency or destination. Although those are ideas I find compelling because they are comforting. Arrival, efficiency, and destination remove the possibility of sanctification, and transformation because the focus is on the end result not the process...

We might ask ourselves; "In what ways are we more like Jesus today than we were yesterday?," or, "What areas of life does God want to transform?"

Maybe our questions that we reflect on have something to do with our (un)willingness to embrace Sanctification and transformation?

Thoughts?