stop. easier said than done in our "neverstop" culture. i am a casualty of speed and a survivor still. having sabbaticaled for a year, I have spent, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, learning to *be*. i am a human being, not "employed" or "unemployed" — a box to tick on a form. i just *am* and that is enough!
my name is Jonathan Green and this is my space in the virtual to pause and reflect on the real. a place to share things that have come from stillness and reflection. things that spring from simply *being.* i encourage you to have the confidence to pause and *be*.
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He’s loving the coconut milk! We used a cork screw… Its just like opening a bottle of wine.
Source: littlewarriorsIn praise of Slow. Funnily enough I remember literally running from a coffee shop to the book shop and back to buy this book while chatting with a friend.
I’ve been a little lax lately in posting here… no excuse really. A lot of what I have wanted to say recently, I’ve been able to share in 140 characters and less. If you are on twitter then feel free to follow me. My handle is oschaplaincy yes, I’m the blue fish!
It does bring up some thoughts though. I am going to a conference on Saturday where I will be in a room with a bunch of people who I am meeting physically for the first time. The thing is, I interact with them everyday in the virtual. A very substantive and life giving experience!
All of a sudden, I will put a real name and face to a conversation. Could make for a really interesting conference!
Of course, in a sense, when we finally meet Jesus face to face, the same kind of thing will likely take place, only it will be far more intense. To see him as he really is and so be changed.
I sense that Saturday will change me. I look forward to grappling with this ever more complex world(s) we live in and finding an authentic and thoughtful way into an ever deepening experience.
Just catching up with Ron Kenoly online and watching some classic praise songs from the 80’s! Ron Kenoly came to Luton in the mid 90’s and I just fell in love with the funky bass lines and stabbing brass riffs in these songs. They make you move and just hearing the first line makes me want to get up and sing and dance! Those were very different days in the worship scene - how times change!
I sang in his choir at a massive event in Milton Keynes when I was about 15 years old. I remember the event well - as well as the pre event meal! The harmonies were awesome and I still remember singing my heart out with thousands of others, song after song with other sweaty worshippers. What a great experience…
Check out this video to see what I mean.
