Meditations 4 Misfits

In this podcast, Fred simply offers a prayer for you as we begin 2024. “I asked for courage and the Beloved gave me dangers to overcome.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan 

We learn from a famous African proverb, “We are not made of flesh and blood and bone – we are made of stories.” In this reflection, we consider how the God of the Bible has a history of interrupting our stories. 

This week we offer some random thoughts on the two readings for the Third Week of Advent 2023 (Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 and Luke 1:46-55). Both readings speak to the modus operandi of the God of the Bible – who like to use ordinary things and people to accomplish the extra-ordinary. “For when I am weak, then I am strong.” – Paul of Tarsus 

What does it mean to be “baptized with the Holy Spirit?”  This reflection on the 40th Chapter of Isaiah and the First Chapter of St. Mark suggests it means to have your world rocked. “Baptizo“ means to be overwhelmed, repeatedly. 

In this reflection on Mark 13:24-37, we consider not only Jesus’s prophetic warning of dark days ahead, but also his wisdom on how to navigate those dark days. “We are distracted from distraction by distractions.” – T.S. Eliot