My blog is not specifically about God, or for that matter not only about grace. As I had hoped would become evident over time and in the choice of the name “A Cup of Grace” that it would be and become about life, even the life that can be experienced in enjoying a cup of coffee on a beautiful morning – alone or with a person, “…as good as spring itself…”. Whatever it may be that gets you through difficult times, what allows grace to seep into a particular darkness or sadness. And, also whatever it is that allows you to celebrate happiness and good times and be able to be thankful for grace in those moments of equilibrium and peace.
A cup of coffee was at a time in my life a literal manifestation of grace and has now become a metaphor for any and all grace filled experiences.
So what is this blog about or what has it become to be about?
In its simplest it is an expression of my life, a place to speak what I feel and know (at least in part) and as a result it has been a source of reflection, healing and grace. In being those things for me I hope that it has and will touch others as we navigate together our journey’s – as we form friendships, fellowships and communities we can share and move with each other and be fully alive human beings.
“A Cup of Grace” is a place to encounter life and life in all its entirety, to be human in all of what that may mean: love, loss, joy, pain, hurt, celebration, new friends, old friends, lovers, confidants, betrayers, acquaintances, strangers passed by on the street – the time spent in a kiss and the time between kisses, a pint of beer or a glass of wine, acceptance, forgiveness, distance, closeness, bodies bare, naked humanity, imprinted with the image of God – relationship.
It is my desire to give some sort of expression to all of these things through words, pictures, movies, art, poetry, music, silence, and sound, and in doing so to create and share a life worth living soaked in grace.
A cup of coffee was at a time in my life a literal manifestation of grace and has now become a metaphor for any and all grace filled experiences.
So what is this blog about or what has it become to be about?
In its simplest it is an expression of my life, a place to speak what I feel and know (at least in part) and as a result it has been a source of reflection, healing and grace. In being those things for me I hope that it has and will touch others as we navigate together our journey’s – as we form friendships, fellowships and communities we can share and move with each other and be fully alive human beings.
“A Cup of Grace” is a place to encounter life and life in all its entirety, to be human in all of what that may mean: love, loss, joy, pain, hurt, celebration, new friends, old friends, lovers, confidants, betrayers, acquaintances, strangers passed by on the street – the time spent in a kiss and the time between kisses, a pint of beer or a glass of wine, acceptance, forgiveness, distance, closeness, bodies bare, naked humanity, imprinted with the image of God – relationship.
It is my desire to give some sort of expression to all of these things through words, pictures, movies, art, poetry, music, silence, and sound, and in doing so to create and share a life worth living soaked in grace.
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