The Destiny is actually just the latest version of a very old story, the most dangerous story ever told, the story of progress.
Read moreThe Most Dangerous Story Ever Told: Environmental Collapse, Progress, and Human Destiny
As time goes on, more and more of my daily news feed consists of reports of ecological collapse: fires, hurricanes, floods, droughts. It’s increasingly easy to believe the earth is telling us to leave. It’s increasingly tempting to believe that there m…
Read more“Fellow Workers With God” by John Trevor
I was recently re-reading the autobiography of one of my spiritual inspirations, John Trevor, the founder of the Labour Church, titled My Quest for God. I came… Read more ““Fellow Workers With God” by John Trevor”
Read more“An Inescapable Network of Mutuality”: Martin Luther King’s Ecological Thought
Originally posted on Pray With Your Feet: “A Single Garment of Destiny” In his penultimate sermon, delivered on March 31, 1968, at the National Cathedral in Washington,…
Read moreJumping into Change
God is Change. There is no holding on the the present. I can only embrace the ceaseless flow of Change and do what I can to Shape God now.
Read moreWhat Would Octavia Butler Have Thought of the Real Earthseed?
It seems to me that often a work of fiction can take on a life of it own, beyond the intention of its author. I’ve often wondered what Octavia Butler would have thought of the real Earthseed which were are fostering here. Syrus Marcus Ware recently ans…
Read moreTranslating the Books of the Living, an Amateur Experiment – An Exchange with L’Academie Française.
I have had a bit of a hiatus translating while in rehearsal for a play. However, the translation project has not been far from my mind. A… Read more “Translating the Books of the Living, an Amateur Experiment – An Exchange with L’Academie Française.”
Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, verse 5
God is Power— Infinite, Irresistible, Inexorable, Indifferent. And yet, God is Pliable— Trickster, Teacher, Chaos, Clay. God exists to be shaped. God is Change. ∞ = Δ… Read more “Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, verse 5”
Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, verses 3 and 4
A gift of God May sear unready fingers ∞ = Δ Un cadeau de la Divinité brulerait des doigts qui ne sont pas prêts ou Un bienfait de la… Read more “Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, verses 3 and 4”
Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, Verse 2
2. Prodigy Prodigy is, at its essence, adaptability and persistent, positive obsession. Without persistence, what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability, what remains may… Read more “Translating Book of the Living – an amateur experiment, Verse 2”