When Jesus sat Twisting his whip of cords Together, how hard Did he bite down With each twist Of the rope As each knot Was firmly pulled Into place? How long from the time He first heard coins clinking In his father’s house Till the moment when coins W…

I practiced Zen in my shed today — At first I was only looking for the shovel But then I saw the rust and my father’s tools, And I realized more work needed to be done, And today was the day I had been waiting for: I will take breaks when needed To wal…

On the night that Ellis Marsalis died, You reminded me that Music is the space Between the notes. The first three bands I tried to be in Kicked me out Since I overplayed the keys. My mind is always overplaying; Then I oversay the words And overstep the…

Sangha is a Sanskrit word whose meaning is similar to ekklesia in Greek, the word that becomes church in English. It has been used to refer to any kind of assembly or gathering. In Buddhism, it refers specifically to a monastic community and also the w…

[Note: I am doing well and feeling calm, because I write intense poetry like this when I’ve got a lot of angst.] I understand it’s all in my head And I’m the one who made my life Into a video game called middle school Cafeteria where I’ve never b…

The Rev. Morgan Guyton muses on the current United Methodist dispute over the appropriateness of online Holy Communion.

There was a scandal in early Methodism about Eucharist at some point. I don’t have the date or the exact quotes. Maybe it wasn’t even a scandal; maybe just a clarification. But John Wesley, the founder of United Methodism, once said somethi…

One consistent part of my spiritual journey for the past twenty years has been my use of Buddhist teachers as conversation partners to help me in my own practice of Christianity. I read two books in early 2002 that changed my life: Henri Nouwen’s…

Dear blog followers, I received the following emergency appeal from the director of the Universal Love Alliance in Uganda. The LGBTI community there is in a uniquely vulnerable position. ULA needs funds ASAP to help LGBTI persons get food during a time…

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 I was named accidentally for a sorceress ki…