Month: March 2024

           “For God so loved the cosmos…”
                        —John 3.16

The Greek word is kosmon.
Not some, not even just earthlings,
not even just Earth.
The whole cosmos. Everything.
The point is not that certain humans
are rewarded for thinking certain things
about a certain divine-human,
but that the entire universe
be made whole,
by love,
by God being with-and-in every bit of it,
even the ugly, hurting bits.
There’s no part of the cosmos God doesn’t love.
There’s no one who gets anything different.
There’s no other tribe to which you belong.
Step over the little lines you’ve drawn, then,
and belong.

__________________
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
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We are fearless—
         of what we’re not sure.

We don’t need anybody
         so badly it aches.

We look good
         from this distance.

We’re sure we’re not victims
         of what we can’t imagine.

We are proud
         of little things.

Our griefs are so small, they’re over
         before they’ve begun.

The people we are becoming
         look upon us and wonder.

We’ll hoard anything but grace
         and leave it for those who need it.

Tell our Savior not to bother.
         We’ve got this.

__________________
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
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           The leaders then said to him,
           “What sign can you show us for doing this?”
                        —John 2.18


Sin’s perspective is hierarchical.
Everything is of relative power and authority,
every action, every person, every moment ranked,
every truth proven by a stone-carved law,
every life measured on a scale.

But in the real world there are no ranks,
there is no proof, no authority.
The first is last, the last first.
Everything is a sign of everything.
Everything shines.

There is only love, doing its best,
and fear, getting in the way.
Love is the only sign,
the only authority, the only power.
All else is illusion.

Tyrants threaten, laws dictate,
styles prescribe, fears control…
ignore them.
Love alone is your badge, your guide,
your power.

__________________
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
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