Musings: Heartbeat 
Thursday, February 09 2012 @ 03:51 PM Musings by Jim Burklo www.tcpc.blogs.com/musings for current and previous articles 2/9/12  Earth's Heartbeat (on a hike at Devil's Punchbowl near Pearblossom, CA) Mountain-shaped silhouettes Mark the the tall pale stalk Of a spent yucca: Are these its last lines of praise For the land where it stands? Above, the yellow pine Sighs with the deep gratitude I feel As wind vibrates Its long-needled vocal chords. Below, in the canyon, Slabs of pale sandstone tilt sunward. The fault line that lifts them Carves a long notch into the mountains beyond, And drives a crack Through my imagination. A thin bright stream shapes the stone With tumbling grains of sand. A pinon tree lifts hidden water Through roots, up its trunk, through needles, And into the air. Slowing, I breathe scents of sage and pine. This is the silence of the centuries Between the last earthquake and the next. No less alive than I Is all I see, and the ground on which I stand. Can I stop long enough To catch the heartbeat of this earth? ______________________ I'll be speaking on THE BIBLE AND THE BRAIN - exploring how recent findings in cognitive science and in the evolution of human consciousness can inform the way we read the Bible - this Sun, Feb 12, 8:30 am at Manhattan Beach Community Church. ___________________ For your progressive Christian calendar - events that will be celebrated in churches around the US and beyond: February 12, this Sunday: Evolution Weekend April 15, Sunday: Blessing of the Taxes May 6, Sunday: Pluralism Sunday - sign up your church to participate, now! _______________________ Right after I wrote last week's "musing" about progressive taxation, President Obama quoted the same passage from Jesus that I cited: http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/02/obama-jesus-would-tax-the-rich-113274.htmlSee a recent article by Diana Butler-Bass refuting conservatives' charge that a "war" is being waged on religion in America. JIM BURKLO Website: JIMBURKLO.COM Weblog: MUSINGS Follow me on twitter: @jtburklo BIRDLIKE AND BARNLESS: Meditations, Prayers, and Songs for Progressive Christians - my latest book - at www.amazon.com Associate Dean of Religious Life, University of Southern California
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