Imagining More (MWF)
Sometimes true mutuality requires us not to make room for other postures, but to physically take the posture of another, so that we can indicate our vulnerability and our welcome to them.
Missional Wisdom Foundation
articles, liturgy, and blessings on community, ceremony, and connection
theology of improv
Improvised comedy with theological implications and wisdom
Practicing Yes (MWF)
Know this: that initial yes is not actually to the idea, it is to the person offering their voice.
Empathy (MWF)
Empathy at its heart is the root of every move towards justice. If I let your experience and story impact me, I’m opening myself to be changed, moved, affected, and challenged.
Creating the Container (MWF)
We are creating a container where people can grow, where bravery can be possible and practiced.
Liking Each Other (MWF)
Only when abiding in love (for ourselves, for one another) can we see and know the God who is love.**
Embracing Failure (MWF)
We need spaces similar to improv where we can fail, make mistakes, get messy. Embracing failure helps us be more compassionate towards ourselves and towards each other.
Listening (MWF)
What if this is true, what if one of the most powerful tools we have is listening? What if, by listening, we can nurture one another into stronger, more alive selves?
Befriending Fear (MWF)
We trust not in the predictability of what may happen (on that stage or in the wilderness), but in knowing that no matter what happens, we are supported, and can count on that support.
Creating Belonging (MWF)
Africa by Toto. Yes!
Easy by Lionel Richie. Yes!
Take On Me by a-ha. Yes!
Beat It by Michael Jackson. Yes!
Let’s Stay Together by Al Green. Yes!
Easy by Lionel Richie. Yes!
Take On Me by a-ha. Yes!
Beat It by Michael Jackson. Yes!
Let’s Stay Together by Al Green. Yes!
Success Redefined (MWF)
From cultural success to collaborative success
Showing Up (MWF)
Whether professional or personal, when I have managed to follow my feet and show up the contribution of my creativity, insight, and personhood has still been an asset. Often, much of the good work is done in the togetherness and co-creation.
rooted in grace
contributions to a corpus on building bridges and unity in the midst of division
Committing to Grace and Peace
Liturgy for Table for dialogue without division
Encountering the Other
A liturgy for table gathered around dialogue without division
Creating Space
Chapter 2 From "Rooted in Grace: Essays on Dialogue Without Division", Ed: Larry Duggins & Andrea Lingle, 2018.
Encountering the Self
Liturgy for table gathered around dialogue without division
Committing to Conflict
Liturgy for table navigating dialogue without division
pilgrimage
Creating Space
Chapter 2 From "Rooted in Grace: Essays on Dialogue Without Division", Ed: Larry Duggins & Andrea Lingle, 2018.
Hands and Arms
Pilgrim prayers
Back and Spine
Pilgrim prayers
Eyes
Pilgrim prayers
Lungs
Pilgrim prayers
Ears
Pilgrim prayers
Feet
Pilgrim prayers
Heart
Pilgrim prayers
Tears
Pilgrim prayers
We Go on Pilgrimage
We go on pilgrimage
to create space,
to arrive at a place
where the sacred has touched down,
where pilgrims before us have heard the voice of God.
to create space,
to arrive at a place
where the sacred has touched down,
where pilgrims before us have heard the voice of God.
theology of the table
at the same table
Mission
A place or moment can be filled with such serenity, clarity, and achievement that it begs, "Let’s stay here a while."
But Iona is a place of sending, and so is the table.
But Iona is a place of sending, and so is the table.
Celebration
At the table we remember
God’s presence is at hand
God’s presence is at hand
Healing
Healing is not often predictable.
Lament is not often clean.
Lament is not often clean.
Justice and Peace
Through stories and mutuality, Miriam’s daughter now has more advocates than she did before we sat down. Through table and food, people who may never have encountered each other have learned each other’s names, their children’s names, and depart as friends.
lent
Disjointed (Wisdom for the Way)
Through processes of struggle and change, I have found myself unrecognizable, having to get reacquainted with who I am now in this season, in this new skin, within my whole story. I have found myself in the process of both discovering my True self and also collaborating and improvising within community and alongside God, incorporating who I was with who I’m becoming as I live and create a new story.
Waiting
I long to be there, to be done, to be moving on to the next thing.
Waiting can feel like wasting time.
Waiting can feel like an exercise in futility.
Waiting often involves staring into the face of the unknown, hoping for something that has not yet been realized.
Waiting can feel like wasting time.
Waiting can feel like an exercise in futility.
Waiting often involves staring into the face of the unknown, hoping for something that has not yet been realized.
Trust
Take me to the water
Learn to breathe again
Let go the right marks,
Lean in
To grace and healing
Learn to breathe again
Let go the right marks,
Lean in
To grace and healing
Return
Return
In practice and in patience
Whether dry bones or weary dust
Return to the Home in which you were created
In practice and in patience
Whether dry bones or weary dust
Return to the Home in which you were created