Sunday, August 21, 2011

tidal waves from behind . . .


joe cocker and the mad dogs
grace the player
saturday night was bowling lanes
with les enfants
fedoras grace the hat-stand
black for winter
straw for summer
my t-shirt advertises
long since forgotten japanese rock shows
skinny ties are worn
for formal occasions
along with
ancient doc martens
princess collects tea set antiques
while the prince
pursues futuristic
eighties cartoons
ancient liturgies are celebrated with passion
latin is beginning to be understood
books from childhood are revisited.
i cook from elizabeth david
and consider riding
my bicycle more

this retro life-
is it escape from our modern madness malady
by retreat
to an idolised past?

a passing fancy?

or is dwelling in the present moment 
only possible
whilst looking behind?
Posted by Chris Kan at Sunday, August 21, 2011 | 0 comments  
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Ministry Survival Skills - Part 2

"To avoid one's brokenness is to turn one's back on the possibility that the Healer might be at work here, perhaps for you, perhaps for another"  Robert Benson


From here

Maybe this means being honest about my lack of time, my unsteadyness, my busy-ness, my difficultly with slowing down so I can be really present . . . When I can do this, then I can invite others in, fully aware of the "I", then able to come to others without some of the baggage . . .
Posted by Chris Kan at Thursday, July 14, 2011 | 0 comments  
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