a Mountain of Ascent in Galilee
some of them still did not believe
the uncertainty they longed to relieve
persisted
but they were drawn to the Heights
not by what they could conceive
but by Love they were invited to receive
that descends to the depths
and ascends with the dawn
ascending now so that Spirit
could descend to embrace them all
in Grace
not in spite of their doubt
but with it
so they might use it
not lose it or recuse it or resist it
but embrace it
as a Source to engage each time and place
as a space for transcendence and transformation
less dependence and information
no location is so barren
that it cannot be saturated with Spirit
so the invitation to Incarnation
came to all of them
from the One who came to all of us
as one of us
‘Don’t fear It
even if you can’t hear It
this ever-Presence of Spirit
in the rush of Wind
the catching of Breath
the pitching of death
as a gateway to Life in all its fulness
make disciples
not by reason but through action
each season a new chance
to feel the Rhythm
hear the music
and join the Dance
the new Reality is not informational but relational
not transactional but interactional
wash over each other with the Water
of Love
watch over each other with the Wonder
of Love
enact It in caring and sharing
relating and connecting
less debating and more discovery and discerning
less berating and more recovery and learning
teaching by example
(since we learn best by doing and Being
rather than thinking and believing)
rigid certainty can be deceiving
but Spirited flexibility can be relieving
and li-berating
See? Even now I’m not requiring
your intellectual ascent to anything
but inviting you to let your descent
into everything –
the Humus of this living entity
the Humour of this giving community
the hallowedness of this loving Humanity –
empower our ascent
into living the Love
and embodying Eternity.’
How might doubting disciples
living in uncertain conditions
amidst obliterated expectations
and transfigured traditions
receive and embody this greatest of commissions
to Love Creator and Creations and Creation
in relation more than religion
and in liberation from expectation
as a new kind of revelation and tradition?
('The Annointing - Great Commission' by E. Windhiarto)
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