Neither/Nor:
Ruminations of a Spiritual Traveler

With apologies to Kierkegaard’s Either/Or, our general topic is the reflective Christian sailing in the sea of contemporary culture (and church). A cacophonous sea of competing claims and counter-claims, to which I often find myself responding “neither/nor.” But “what instead?” Aye, there’s the rub, matey. And that’s the white whale we pursue. Boats away!

Posts tagged Mary Oliver

Telling Small Stories — About a Banana In This Case

Telling Small Stories — About a Banana In This Case

It is quite possible that this post adds up to nothing. But, on this cold-clear day after Christmas, it has two good stories in it, so it is not, I think, a total loss.

Daniel TaylorDaniel TaylorDecember 26, 2017Mary Oliver, storyComment

The Church — Doing This Together

I once read that when Karl Barth taught, he would write all morning and then read to a class in the afternoon what he had written. I no longer have a class to read to, so I will share with you what I just finished writing.

Daniel TaylorDaniel TaylorOctober 18, 2011church, Mary Oliver, queer, skeptical believerComment

When Death Comes

I am just returned from a trip to my home town (Santa Barbara, CA), to participate in a memorial gathering for a great friend, Gordon Morez. His son, Larry, asked me to read the following poem by Mary Oliver, which succinctly captures a man who went through life bug-eyed at all its wonders.

Daniel TaylorDaniel TaylorJuly 19, 2011death, good life, Mary OliverComment