HELLO!

Do you subscribe to any daily meditations? Occasionally, like today, I am asked for suggestions. I like Fr. Richard Rohr’s daily meditations. The website is: https://cac.org/daily-meditations/ If you subscribe, please let me know if you found the time worthwhile. It is easy to unsubscribe.

I have used two of Rohr’s books for faith studies; The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation and Falling Upward, A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life. The former is the most compelling book I have ever read on the Trinity, and the latter is an excellent way to ponder the journey, the arc, of one’s life, purging our interests and passions to make room for more purposeful and meaningful encounters. I have attended one live seminar with Rohr as the main speaker and found him humble, open and even funny. I do think he sometimes, like many people, spends too much of his time with likeminded people. I usually prefer authors who can speak with audiences that don’t always agree with them. I confess, being with people who I know will always join in on my rants or cheers, dull. I personally prefer the company of people who bring different perspectives to the table. But what Rohr does well is integrate the Christian tradition into a way of living, thinking, praying.

Rohr tells us that early Christians, who came to be known as the 'Desert Mothers and Fathers', experienced the mystery of the Trinity as a dance. Whatever is going on in God is a flow-it's like a dance. But God is not a dancer-God is the dance itself. We are invited to be a part of that dance. Rohr’s daily meditations help us to experience that Trinity-like dance. In Falling Up, Rohr challenges us when we imagine the second half of our lives as “getting old and dealing with health issues, letting go of life.” Rohr believes the second half of life can and should be full of spiritual richness. To get there, we need to shed ourselves of many assumptions we carry from that first half of life, where we try to live up to the world’s definitions of success. If we can discern the truly meaningful opportunities that present themselves in our lives, we can humbly embrace what is real, leaving behind the falsehoods and idols.

Your dancing minister, in the second half of his life…Peace, Kevin

PS Karen Goudie, the Executive Director at Margaret’s House, told me she read a post on facebook today where someone who lives in Dartmouth was looking for a minister to visit. Karen recommended me. Feel free to do likewise. I will do my best to overcome my innate shyness…